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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

/ əˈɪə /

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 51Թ Forms

  • ڴǰ·d· adverb
  • ڴǰ·d·Ա noun
  • Эǰ·d adjective
  • -ڴǰ·d adjective
  • ܲЭǰ·d adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of forbidden1

First recorded in 1200–50, for the adjective
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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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Under the terms of the new law, it is now "forbidden to hold an assembly in violation" of that 2021 legislation.

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They’ve also been forbidden from communicating with the Vietnamese government or the companies working at the base, sources say, though they believe that directive was lifted after the contracts were recently reinstated.

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