Past tense of prohibit
regular verb
The past tense of prohibit is prohibited. The past participle is also prohibited.
Forms of prohibit
| Base form (V1) | prohibit /pɹəˈhɪbɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | prohibited /pɹəˈhɪbɪtɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | prohibited /pɹəˈhɪbɪtɪd/ |
| Present participle | prohibiting |
| Third person singular | prohibits |
Prohibited in a sentence
- I was prohibited to come.
- Crossing the border without permission is prohibited.
- As far as only the Quran itself is concerned, wearing a headscarf is neither required nor prohibited.From the entry headscarf
- Monarchies where partition isn't prohibited risk weakening through parcellation and civil wars between the heirs.From the entry partition
- Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited.From the entry reproduction
Meaning of prohibit
- verb To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.
Questions about the past tense of prohibit
- What is the past tense of prohibit?
- The past tense of prohibit is prohibited.
- What is the past participle of prohibit?
- The past participle of prohibit is prohibited.
- Is prohibit a regular or irregular verb?
- Prohibit is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: prohibit (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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