FORBIDDEN


Meaning of FORBIDDEN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ fə(r)bɪd(ə)n ]

1.

If something is forbidden , you are not allowed to do it or have it.

Smoking was forbidden everywhere...

It is forbidden to drive faster than 20mph.

ADJ : usu v-link ADJ , oft it v-link ADJ to-inf

2.

A forbidden place is one that you are not allowed to visit or enter.

This was a forbidden area for foreigners.

ADJ : usu ADJ n

3.

Forbidden is used to describe things that people strongly disapprove of or feel guilty about, and that are not often mentioned or talked about.

The war was a forbidden subject...

Divorce? It was such a forbidden word.

= taboo

ADJ : usu ADJ n

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