Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To forbid by authority: synonym: forbid.
- transitive verb To prevent; preclude.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To forbid; interdict by authority: as, to
prohibit a person from doing a thing; to prohibit the doing of a thing. - To hinder; debar; prevent; preclude.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To forbid by authority; to interdict; ; we
prohibit a person from doing a thing, and also the doing of the thing. - transitive verb To hinder; to debar; to prevent; to preclude.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
forbid ,disallow , orproscribe ; to makeillegal orillicit .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb command against
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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What Prop K does prohibit is sex trafficking investigations that involve racial profiling.
Proposition K is gaining momentum in San Francisco! You Can Help! « Bound, Not Gagged 2008
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Whether the terms prohibit moving DRM-free books to non-Kindle platforms; 2.
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Whether the terms prohibit moving DRM-free books to non-Kindle platforms; 2.
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Whether the terms prohibit moving DRM-free books to non-Kindle platforms; 2.
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Whether the terms prohibit moving DRM-free books to non-Kindle platforms; 2.
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The terms prohibit Google and other firms like Microsoft from collecting user location data from applications running on the Iphone.
The Inquirer 2010
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The terms prohibit the chip maker from providing benefits to PC makers in return for exclusively using its chips.
ARN Daily 2010
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Defenders of Dayton say its terms prohibit referendums in either of the two entities, and it's not clear Dodik will dare to proceed with an actual vote.
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Defenders of Dayton say its terms prohibit referendums in either of the two entities, and it's not clear Dodik will dare to proceed with an actual vote.
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Whether the terms prohibit moving DRM-free books to non-Kindle platforms; 2.
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