Synonyms: forbid, disallow, proscribe, ban
Conjugation
| Indicative mood |
|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
|---|
| (I) prohibit | (I) prohibited |
| (thou) prohibitest | (thou) prohibitedst |
| (he) prohibits, prohibiteth | (he) prohibited |
| (we) prohibit | (we) prohibited |
| (you) prohibit | (you) prohibited |
| (they) prohibit | (they) prohibited |
| Subjunctive mood |
|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
|---|
| (I) prohibit | (I) prohibited |
| (thou) prohibit | (thou) prohibited |
| (he) prohibit | (he) prohibited |
| (we) prohibit | (we) prohibited |
| (you) prohibit | (you) prohibited |
| (they) prohibit | (they) prohibited |
| Imperative mood |
|---|
| prohibit |
| Participles |
|---|
| Present participle | Past participle |
|---|
| prohibiting | prohibited |
The Biden administration has largely kept the Trump‐era tariffs on Chinese goods in place, and last month, it prohibited or restricted a range of American investments in advanced technologies in China, including in AI and quantum computing.