forbidden

«forbidden» in Mova's school dictionary: not allowed, especially by a rule or law — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (forbidden); also the past participle of «forbid» (forbid, forbids, forbade, forbidden, forbidding)

meaning for a pupil

1) Forbidden means not allowed, especially by a rule or law. tree →

2) Forbidden can describe something you are told not to have or go near, which can seem tempting. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school and safety, forbidden areas include building sites, railway lines and teachers' rooms; forbidden behaviour breaks the rules. In fairy tales, a forbidden door, fruit or forest usually leads to trouble. Phrases: «strictly forbidden», «forbidden fruit», «it is forbidden to …».

examples

• Swimming in the quarry is strictly forbidden. tree →
• Phones are forbidden during tests. tree →
• In the story, she opened the forbidden door. tree →
• It is forbidden to feed the animals at the zoo. tree →
• The children were forbidden to go into the woods alone. tree →
• Running by the pool is forbidden. tree →
• The forbidden fruit always seems sweeter. tree →

note

Irregular: forbid, forbade (said «for-BAD»), forbidden. Patterns: «forbid someone to do» or «from doing». Similar: «banned», «not allowed», «prohibited». Opposite: «allowed», «permitted». Not a number word.

In the corpora

• For a long time making silk was a secret, and carrying silkworm eggs out of China was forbidden.
• The Forbidden City in Beijing was the palace of Chinese emperors from 1420 until 1912, and it is now a museum.
• The legend says the Forbidden City has 9,999 rooms because only Heaven can have 10,000; surveys count about 8,700.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «forbidden» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.