Forbidding

Definition

forbid / fǝ'bÇd / v ( pt forbade / fǝ'bæd, fǝ'beÇd /; pp forbidden / fǝ'bÇdn / ၁။ (က) ~ sb (from doing sth ) တားျမစ္သည္။ If you want to go, I can't forbid you. ❍ She was forbidden access to the club. ❍ He was forbidden to talk to her. ❍ It is forbidden (for anyone) to smoke in this room. ❍ I can't forbid you from seeing him again. (ခ) တားျမစ္သည္။ ပိတ္ပင္သည္။ Her father forbade their marriage. ❍ Photography is strictly forbidden in the museum. ❍ Abortion is forbidden by law. ❍ The law forbids building on this land. ၂။ ( fml ) ဟန္႔သည္။ Lack of space forbids further treatment of the topic here. ❏ forbidden fruit [ IDM ] တားျမစ္ထားေသာ တပ္မက္စရာ။ ❏ forbidding adj ေၾကာက္မက္ဖြယ္။ a forbidding appearance / look / manner ❍ a forbidding coastline (ie one that looks dangerous). forbiddingly adv ❏ God/Heaven forbid (that…) [ IDM ] ဖြဟဲ့ လြဲပါေစ၊ ဖယ္ပါေစ။ Heaven forbid (that) she's fallen down the cliff. ❍ I dread to think what it would be like if, God forbid, there was another war.

Examples

1. New regulations forbidding the sale of landmines
2. [forbid someone to do something/from doing something] : Army policy forbids soldiers in uniform from talking to the news media.
3. International law forbids outsiders to interfere in civil wars.
4. You’re not going out tonight – I absolutely forbid it.
5. [forbid someone to do something/from doing something] : The situation is so dangerous that the relief agencies have forbidden their workers to go there.
6. Company directors were forbidden to comment on the crisis.
7. Hannah is a natural musician
8. although modesty forbids her to say so.