MEANING
Prevent an action by a rule, law, or authoritative restriction.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- prohibit access
- prohibit discrimination
On the page
The policy prohibits discrimination in access to services.
Nearby words
Opposite meanings
Word forms
- Base
- prohibit
- Past tense
- prohibited
- Past participle
- prohibited
- Present participle
- prohibiting
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- prohibit
- Present continuous
- am/is/are prohibiting
- Present perfect
- have/has prohibited
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been prohibiting
- Past
- prohibited
- Past continuous
- was/were prohibiting
- Past perfect
- had prohibited
- Past perfect continuous
- had been prohibiting
- Future
- will prohibit
- Future continuous
- will be prohibiting
- Future perfect
- will have prohibited
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been prohibiting
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: prohibit; prohibits; prohibited; prohibited; prohibiting Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation, evaluation. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: prohibits.
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