INHIBIT


Meaning of INHIBIT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnhɪbɪt ]

( inhibits, inhibiting, inhibited)

1.

If something inhibits an event or process, it prevents it or slows it down.

The high cost of borrowing is inhibiting investment by industry in new equipment.

VERB : V n

2.

To inhibit someone from doing something means to prevent them from doing it, although they want to do it or should be able to do it.

It could inhibit the poor from getting the medical care they need...

VERB : V n from -ing / n

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