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forbidden

[ fer-bid-n, fawr- ]

verb

  1. a past participle of forbid.


adjective

  1. not allowed; prohibited:

    a forbidden food in his religion.

  2. Physics. involving a change in quantum numbers that is not permitted by the selection rules:

    forbidden transition.

forbidden

/ ´Úəˈ²úɪ»åÉ™²Ô /

adjective

  1. not permitted by order or law
  2. physics involving a change in quantum numbers that is not permitted by certain rules derived from quantum mechanics, esp rules for changes in the electrical dipole moment of the system
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Usage

It was formerly considered incorrect to talk of forbidding someone from doing something, but in modern usage either from or to can be used: he was forbidden from entering/to enter the building
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ´Ú´Ç°ù·²ú¾±»åd±ð²Ô·±ô²â adverb
  • ´Ú´Ç°ù·²ú¾±»åd±ð²Ô·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
  • ±è°ù±ðî€Ð­´Ç°ù·²ú¾±»åd±ð²Ô adjective
  • ²õ±ð±ô´Ú-´Ú´Ç°ù·²ú¾±»åd±ð²Ô adjective
  • ³Ü²Ôî€Ð­´Ç°ù·²ú¾±»åd±ð²Ô adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of forbidden1

First recorded in 1200–50, for the adjective
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Last week, the Israeli military dropped fliers above Koawaya, telling villagers they were forbidden from having arms when they moved around in the village and its environs.

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That gives the anti-vaccine message an allure of "forbidden" knowledge, making it even more powerful than if he just came right out and said what he really thinks.

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Last year, while Republicans were trying to de-gay the flagpoles of our embassies, the world also learned that Russia’s Supreme Court declared the rainbow flag was forbidden in its country.

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Soleimanpour wrote the play after he was forbidden to leave his country for refusing military service.

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Is a quick trip to the grocery store forbidden?

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