What does prohibit mean?
Word: Prohibit
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Prohibit means to forbid something officially by a rule or a law.
Synonyms: forbid, ban, bar, outlaw
Antonyms: permit
How do you spell prohibit?
Syllables: pro - hib - it
Tricky part: The h after pro is easy to lose because it is spoken softly. Both vowels after the h are i.
Watch out for: proibit, prohibet, prohabit
Memory tip: The h comes from the Latin habere, to hold: to prohibit something is to hold it back, so keep the h after pro.
Prohibit in a sentence
Example 1: The school rules prohibit phones in the classroom.
Example 2: Plastic bags are prohibited in many national parks.
Example 3: A sign at the lake prohibits swimming after dark.
Fun Fact
Road signs that prohibit something, such as No Entry or No Parking, are usually drawn inside a red circle.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word: prohibit
a) prevent
b) allow
c) limit
d) warn
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b) allow. To allow is to give permission; prevent, limit and warn are all ways of holding something back.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
prohibbit
a) t
b) i
c) b
d) h
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c) b. Only one b sits in the middle of prohibit.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
bhiroitp
a) orbit
b) inhibit
c) prohibit
d) exhibit
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c) prohibit. Exhibit needs an x and inhibit an n, and orbit is three letters short.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the correctly spelt word:
a) forbiden
b) permision
c) restricsion
d) prohibit
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d) prohibit. Permission has a double s, forbidden a double d, and restriction spells its sh sound with a t.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A sign that prohibits parking means ____.
a) you may park for one hour
b) you must pay to park there
c) only cars may park there
d) you must not park there
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d) you must not park there
2. If a school prohibits running in the corridors, a student who runs there ____.
a) needs a teacher's note first
b) is breaking a school rule
c) may do so during lunch
d) is doing what the rule asks
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b) is breaking a school rule
