"inhibit" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɪnˈhɪbɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-inhibit.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Qwertygiy-inhibit.wav Forms: inhibits [present, singular, third-person], inhibiting [participle, present], inhibited [participle, past], inhibited [past]
Rhymes: -ɪbɪt Etymology: From Latin inhibitus, perfect passive participle of inhibeō (“I hold in, check, restrain”), from in (“in, at, on”), + habeō (“I have, hold, keep”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʰeh₁bʰ-}}, {{der|en|la|inhibitus}} Latin inhibitus Head templates: {{en-verb}} inhibit (third-person singular simple present inhibits, present participle inhibiting, simple past and past participle inhibited)
  1. (transitive) To hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain. Tags: transitive Synonyms: hinder Translations (to hold in or hold back; to restrain): задържам (zadǎržam) (Bulgarian), препятствам (prepjatstvam) (Bulgarian), inhibir (Catalan), 抑制 (yìzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), potlačit (Czech), remmen (Dutch), inhibicii (Esperanto), rajoittaa (Finnish), estää (Finnish), inhiber (French), inhibir (Galician), hemmen (German), hindern (German), sperren (German), verhindern (German), αναχαιτίζω (anachaitízo) (Greek), αναστέλλω (anastéllo) (Greek), बाधा डालना (bādhā ḍālnā) (Hindi), रोकना (roknā) (Hindi), gátol (Hungarian), akadályoz (Hungarian), urchoill (Irish), inibire (Italian), 抑制する 阻止する 制止する (soshi-suru) (alt: そしする) (Japanese), 抑止する (yokushi-suru) (alt: よくしする) (Japanese), tautāwhi (Maori), tāmoe (Maori), asteng kirin (Northern Kurdish), inibir (Occitan), enebir (Occitan), inibir (Portuguese), inhiba (Romanian), подавля́ть (podavljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), подави́ть (podavítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), сде́рживать (sdérživatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), сдержа́ть (sderžátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), угнета́ть (ugnetátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), препя́тствовать (prepjátstvovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), воспрепя́тствовать (vosprepjátstvovatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), меша́ть (mešátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), помеша́ть (pomešátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), inhibir (Spanish), frustrar (Spanish), coartar (Spanish), hämma (Swedish), avstyra (Swedish), förhindra (Swedish), sansalain (Tagalog), engellemek (Turkish), kısıtlamak (Turkish), önlemek (Turkish), tutmak (Turkish), перешкоджати (pereškodžaty) (Ukrainian)
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  2. (Philippines) To recuse. Tags: Philippines
    Sense id: en-inhibit-en-verb-bjKe2vLB Categories (other): Philippine English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: disinhibit Related terms: exhibit, exhibition, exhibitor, inhibition, inhibitor, inhibitory

Inflected forms

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          "text": "inhibit someone's freedom",
          "type": "example"
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          "text": "inhibit someone's education",
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        "To hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain."
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        "(transitive) To hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain."
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "roman": "zadǎržam",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "word": "задържам"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "roman": "prepjatstvam",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "word": "препятствам"
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          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "word": "inhibir"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yìzhì",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "word": "抑制"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "word": "potlačit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "word": "remmen"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "word": "inhibicii"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "word": "rajoittaa"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "word": "estää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "word": "inhiber"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "word": "inhibir"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "word": "hemmen"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "word": "hindern"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "word": "sperren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "word": "verhindern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "anachaitízo",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "word": "αναχαιτίζω"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "anastéllo",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "word": "αναστέλλω"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "bādhā ḍālnā",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "word": "बाधा डालना"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "roknā",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "word": "रोकना"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "word": "gátol"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "word": "akadályoz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "word": "urchoill"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "word": "inibire"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "alt": "そしする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "soshi-suru",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "word": "抑制する 阻止する 制止する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "alt": "よくしする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yokushi-suru",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "word": "抑止する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "word": "asteng kirin"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "word": "tautāwhi"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "word": "tāmoe"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "word": "inibir"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "word": "enebir"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "word": "inibir"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "word": "inhiba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "podavljátʹ",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "подавля́ть"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "podavítʹ",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
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            "perfective"
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          "word": "подави́ть"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sdérživatʹ",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "сде́рживать"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sderžátʹ",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
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            "perfective"
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          "word": "сдержа́ть"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ugnetátʹ",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "угнета́ть"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prepjátstvovatʹ",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
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          "word": "препя́тствовать"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vosprepjátstvovatʹ",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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          "word": "воспрепя́тствовать"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "mešátʹ",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
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          "word": "меша́ть"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pomešátʹ",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
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          "word": "помеша́ть"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "word": "inhibir"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "word": "frustrar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "word": "coartar"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "word": "hämma"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "word": "avstyra"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "word": "förhindra"
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          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "word": "sansalain"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
          "word": "engellemek"
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      "roman": "zadǎržam",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "задържам"
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      "roman": "prepjatstvam",
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "inhibir"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yìzhì",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "抑制"
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "potlačit"
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      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "remmen"
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      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "inhibicii"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "rajoittaa"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "estää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "inhiber"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "inhibir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "hemmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "hindern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "sperren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "verhindern"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anachaitízo",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "αναχαιτίζω"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anastéllo",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "αναστέλλω"
    },
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "bādhā ḍālnā",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "बाधा डालना"
    },
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "roknā",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "रोकना"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "gátol"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "akadályoz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "urchoill"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "inibire"
    },
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      "alt": "そしする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "soshi-suru",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "抑制する 阻止する 制止する"
    },
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      "alt": "よくしする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yokushi-suru",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "抑止する"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "asteng kirin"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "tautāwhi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "tāmoe"
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    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "inibir"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "enebir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "inibir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "inhiba"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podavljátʹ",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "подавля́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podavítʹ",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "подави́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sdérživatʹ",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сде́рживать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sderžátʹ",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "сдержа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ugnetátʹ",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "угнета́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prepjátstvovatʹ",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "препя́тствовать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vosprepjátstvovatʹ",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "воспрепя́тствовать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mešátʹ",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "меша́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pomešátʹ",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "помеша́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "inhibir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "frustrar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "coartar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "hämma"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "avstyra"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "förhindra"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "sansalain"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "engellemek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "kısıtlamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "önlemek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "tutmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pereškodžaty",
      "sense": "to hold in or hold back; to restrain",
      "word": "перешкоджати"
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  "word": "inhibit"
}

Download raw JSONL data for inhibit meaning in English (10.2kB)

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  "title": "inhibit",
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  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": seishi-isuru vs. yokusei-suru",
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  "subsection": "verb",
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  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": yokusei-suru vs. soshi-suru",
  "path": [
    "inhibit"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "inhibit",
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}

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