how to pronounce forbids

/fɚˈbɪdz/

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forbids is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of forbids in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… you can see section 106 forbids but this …”

meanings of forbids

verb:

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of forbid.

forbids frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word forbids occurs in english on average 1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics forbids can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that forbids can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;