0 to officially refuse to allow something:
Motor vehicles are prohibited from driving in the town centre.
The government introduced a law prohibiting tobacco advertisements on TV.
The loudness of the music prohibits serious conversation in most nightclubs.
1 to officially forbid something:
The law prohibits smoking in restaurants.
Loud music prohibited serious conversation.
2 to officially stop something from being done by making rules or laws that do not allow it:
The government introduced a law prohibiting tobacco advertisements on TV.
prohibit sb from doing sth Committee rules prohibit members from buying shares.
Smoking in restaurants is now prohibited by law.
Intermarriage between close relatives is prohibited in most societies.
Smoking is prohibited in the building.
A law has recently been passed prohibiting the consumption of alcohol in public places.
The government prohibits the passage of foreign troops and planes across its territory.
The law specifically prohibits acts of this kind.
In other words, there is nothing intrinsic about their technical knowledge that would morally prohibit them from doing something.
Furthermore, although not explicitly stated, the use of other languages was, in effect, prohibited, especially in the school setting and other official arenas.
But conventional academic criteria expressly prohibit combining moral and emotional stances with cognitive analysis, seeing this as bias or lack of impartiality.
