different between prohibit vs obstruct

English

Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Latin prohibeo (“I fend off, prevent, prohibit”) (through past participle prohibitus).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p???h?b?t/, /p????h?b?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /p?o??h?b?t/, /p???h?b?t/
• Rhymes: -?b?t

Verb

prohibit (third-person singular simple present prohibits, present participle prohibiting, simple past and past participle prohibited)

1. (transitive) To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.

   Synonyms: ban, disallow, forbid, proscribe

   Antonyms: allow, authorize

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:prohibit

Related terms

Translations

See also

• interdict
• debar
• prevent
• hinder

Further reading

• prohibit in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• prohibit in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /p?o.i?bit/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /p?u.i?bit/
• Rhymes: -it

Adjective

prohibit (feminine prohibida, masculine plural prohibits, feminine plural prohibides)

1. forbidden, outlawed

Verb

prohibit m (feminine prohibida, masculine plural prohibits, feminine plural prohibides)

1. past participle of prohibir

Romanian

Etymology

Past participle of prohibi.

Adjective

prohibit m or n (feminine singular prohibit?, masculine plural prohibi?i, feminine and neuter plural prohibite)

1. prohibited

Declension

English

Etymology

From Latin past participle stem obstruct- (“blocked up”), from verb obstruere, from ob (“against”) + struere (“pile up, build”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?st??kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

obstruct (third-person singular simple present obstructs, present participle obstructing, simple past and past participle obstructed)

(Can we add an example for this sense?)

1. To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle. See synonyms at block.
3. To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder.

4. To get in the way of so as to hide from sight.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:hinder

Derived terms

• deobstruct
• obstructed
• obstructedly
• unobstructed
• unobstructedly

Related terms

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