how to pronounce forbid

/fəˈbɪd/

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forbid is pronounced in two syllables

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fəbɪd

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An example use of forbid in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… or heaven forbid hustle down the road …”

meaning of forbid

Forbid means to prohibit or forbid.

forbid frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word forbid occurs in english on average 3 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 forbid 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 forbid can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;

words with pronunciation similar to forbid

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