Past simple and past participle
forbid
Forbid is an irregular verb: its past simple is forbade and its past participle is forbidden.
- Base form
- forbid
- Past simple
- forbade
- Past participle
- forbidden
- Definition
- Refuse to allow (something).
- Example
- “Environmental laws forbid alteration of the coast.”
- CEFR level
- B2On the CEFR scale, from A1 (beginner) to C2 (proficient).
- Pattern
- The three forms are different, like begin, began, begun.