prohibit
/pɹoʊˈhɪbɪt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The restaurant prohibits smoking on the patio."
- "I was prohibited to come."
- "Crossing the border without permission is prohibited."
- "In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way."
- "Like the previous rules, the new guidance doesn’t prohibit membership in an extremist organization, but officials said it makes it very difficult to participate. […] For years, the Defense Department relied on a nebulous definition of extremist activity that listed it among a wide array of prohibited behavior. […] “It’s threading a very fine needle when we’re engaging in prohibiting conduct that may be protected by the First Amendment,” said one official. “There’s always going to be this balancing that goes on.”"
- "The Foreign Assistance Act bars assistance to any country that “prohibits or otherwise restricts, directly or indirectly, the transport or delivery of United States humanitarian assistance.”"
Etymology
From Middle English prohibiten, from Latin prohibeō (“to fend off, prevent, prohibit”) (through past participle prohibitus).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *per-, prohibiten, prohibeō
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /pɹoʊˈhɪbɪt/
- British English: /pɹəˈhɪbɪt/