Word a Day
prohibit
What does prohibit mean?
prohibit (verb): to forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce prohibit?
/pɹoʊˈhɪbət/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does prohibit come from?
From Middle English prohibiten, from Latin prohibeō (“to fend off, prevent, prohibit”) (through past participle prohibitus).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of prohibit?
Words related to prohibit
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “prohibit”?
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What does “prohibit” mean?
to forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit
Right! That's what “prohibit” means.
to imagine or suppose (something) to be true, or to exist, without proof
Not quite: that's what suspect means.
to know the meaning of; to parse or have parsed correctly; to comprehend
Not quite: that's what understand means.
to give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services
Not quite: that's what pay means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “prohibit”?
report
Not quite: report means something else.
become
Not quite: become means something else.
forbid
Right!
happen
Not quite: happen means something else.
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