Meaning & use
forbade
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The past tense of 'forbid': ordered someone not to do something.
See it in a sentence
The doctor forbade him from lifting anything heavy for six weeks.
House rules forbade guests from smoking indoors.
A note on using this word
Forbade is the standard past tense of forbid; the past participle is 'forbidden,' as in 'smoking is forbidden here.'
Words with a similar meaning
prohibitedbanned
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Words with an opposite meaning
permittedallowed
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