verb · academic
inhibit
/ɪnˈhɪb.ɪt/in·HIB·it
Band 7+task2speaking
to slow down, prevent, or restrict a process or action
Examples
“High levels of pollution inhibit plant growth in urban areas.”
“Certain drugs can inhibit the replication of the virus.”
“Fear of failure often inhibits students from trying new approaches.”
Band 8 sentence
“Excessive regulation may inhibit innovation by increasing compliance costs and reducing entrepreneurial initiative.”
Collocations
- inhibit growth
- inhibit the ability to
Word family
inhibition nouninhibitory adjective
Common mistakes
prevent to→prevent from
inhibit someone doing something→inhibit someone from doing something
Say it for a higher band
5stop→6prevent→7+inhibit
Synonyms
prevent
Easily confused
prevent
“Strict rules can prevent students from cheating during exams.”
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