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inhibit

/ɪnˈhɪbɪt/

inhibit verb: to hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain.

Verb

inhibit (third-person singular simple present inhibits, present participle inhibiting, simple past and past participle inhibited)

  1. (transitive) To hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain.
    • inhibit someone's freedom
    • inhibit someone's education
  2. (Philippines) To recuse.

inhibit meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

inhibit in Hindi

to hold in or hold back; to restrain
बाधा डालना bādhā ḍālnā, रोकना roknā

inhibit in Tamil

கட்டுப்படுத்து, தடையுறு, அடக்கு, தடு, நிறுத்து, நிரோதி

inhibit in Urdu

باز رکھنا, منع کرنا, مزاحمت کرنا, روکنا

inhibit in Bengali

বাধা দেওয়া, দমন করা
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inhibit in Malayalam
വിലക്കുക, മുടക്കുക, തടസ്സപ്പെടുത്തുക, തടുക്കുക
inhibit in Kannada
ತಡೆ, ಅಡ್ಡಿಮಾಡು, ನಿಷೇಧಿಸು, ಪ್ರತಿಬಂಧಿಸು
inhibit in Tagalog
sansalain

Examples of inhibit in a sentence

  • Depressomotor nerves lower or inhibit muscular activity.
  • Lipemia and icteremia (elevated bilirubin) can inhibit optical readings and falsely decrease values.
  • The little tablets she has to take inhibit cholinesterase, an enzyme that breaks down the neurotransmitter acetylcholine.

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Synonyms of inhibit

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Forms of inhibit

third-person singular presentinhibits
present participleinhibiting
past participleinhibited
pastinhibited

Past tense of inhibit: inhibited

Origin of inhibit

From Latin inhibitus, perfect passive participle of inhibeō (“to hold in, check, restrain”), from in (“in, at, on”), + habeō (“to have, hold, keep”).

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Questions about inhibit

What does inhibit mean?
Inhibit means to hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain.
What is inhibit in Hindi?
Inhibit in Hindi is बाधा डालना (bādhā ḍālnā), रोकना (roknā). See Inhibit meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is inhibit?
Inhibit is a verb.
How do you pronounce inhibit?
Inhibit is pronounced /ɪnˈhɪbɪt/.
What is the past tense of inhibit?
The past tense of inhibit is inhibited.

Words near inhibit in the dictionary

  1. inhiates
  2. inhiating
  3. inhiation
  4. inhibin
  5. inhibins
  6. inhibit
  7. inhibitabilities
  8. inhibitability
  9. inhibitable
  10. inhibitant
  11. inhibitants

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: inhibit (page history and authors); inhibit (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inhibit (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inhibit (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inhibit (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); inhibit (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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