name
Meaning 1
A city in western North Macedonia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
debar
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /dɪˈbɑː(ɹ)/
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verb
Meaning 2
To exclude or shut out; to bar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 3
To hinder or prevent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
Meaning 4
To prohibit (a person or company that has been convicted of criminal acts in connection with a government program) from future participation in that program.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, transitive
Topics: law
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verb
Meaning 5
prevent from entering; keep out
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- He was barred from membership in the club
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bar, exclude
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix
verb
Meaning 6
prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- Let's avoid a confrontation
- head off a confrontation
- avert a strike
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: forefend, forfend, obviate, deflect, avert, head off, stave off, fend off, avoid, ward off
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
verb
Meaning 7
bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: suspend
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: expel, throw out, kick out
Narrower terms: send down, rusticate
History
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman debarrer.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: Dibër — a city in western North Macedonia
- Bulgarian: Дебър (Debǎr) — a city in western North Macedonia
- Greek: Δίβρη (Dívri) — a city in western North Macedonia
- Macedonian: Де́бар (Débar) — a city in western North Macedonia
- Polish: Debar — a city in western North Macedonia
- Russian: Де́бар (Débar) — a city in western North Macedonia
- Ottoman Turkish: دبره (Dibre) — a city in western North Macedonia
- Ukrainian: Деба́р (Debár) — a city in western North Macedonia
- Bulgarian: възпирам (vǎzpiram) — To exclude or shut out; to bar
- Bulgarian: препятствам (prepjatstvam) — To exclude or shut out; to bar
- Czech: vyloučit — To exclude or shut out; to bar
- Czech: vykázat — To exclude or shut out; to bar
- Czech: zakázat účast — To exclude or shut out; to bar
- German: ausschließen — To exclude or shut out; to bar
- Portuguese: barrar — To exclude or shut out; to bar
- Portuguese: excluir — To exclude or shut out; to bar
- Turkish: engel olmak — To exclude or shut out; to bar
- Turkish: menetmek — To exclude or shut out; to bar
- Turkish: yasaklamak — To exclude or shut out; to bar