Past tense of forbid
irregular verb
The past tense of forbid is forbade, forbad or forbid. The past participle is forbidden.
Forms of forbid
| Base form (V1) | forbid /fəˈbɪd/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | forbade /fəˈbæd/ forbad /fə(ɹ)ˈbæd/ forbid /fəˈbɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | forbidden /fəˈbɪdən/ |
| Present participle | forbidding /fɚˈbɪdɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | forbids |
Less standard forms: forbidded (nonstandard).
Forbade and forbad in a sentence
- Smoking in the restaurant is forbidden.
- Solon also forbade the export of corn and other agricultural products, with the single exception of olive oil, of which Athens had a surplus.1998, Robert Garland, Daily Life of the Ancient Greeks, Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 8
- The Synod of Aberdeen forbade 'chantings and choruses' at funerals.From the entry chanting
- Several popes forbade attendance at masses celebrated by incelibate clergy.From the entry incelibate
- I wondered whether I ought to speak to Brideshead, but that grim, rock-crystal mask forbade all confidence.1945, Evelyn Waugh, chapter 5, in Brideshead Revisited, Boston: Little, Brown, page 131. From the entry rock crystal
Meaning of forbid
- verb To disallow; to proscribe.
- verb To deny, exclude from, or warn off, by express command.
- verb To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command.
Verbs like forbid
Questions about the past tense of forbid
- What is the past tense of forbid?
- The past tense of forbid is forbade, forbad or forbid.
- What is the past participle of forbid?
- The past participle of forbid is forbidden.
- Is forbid a regular or irregular verb?
- Forbid is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.
- Is forbidded correct?
- forbidded is marked nonstandard in Wiktionary. The usual past tense of forbid is forbade, forbad or forbid.
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