EMBARGO (embargoes)

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Irregular inflected form: embargoes   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does embargo mean? 

• EMBARGO (noun)
  The noun EMBARGO has 1 sense:

1. a government order imposing a trade barrier

  Familiarity information: EMBARGO used as a noun is very rare.

• EMBARGO (verb)
  The verb EMBARGO has 2 senses:

1. ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons

2. prevent commerce

  Familiarity information: EMBARGO used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EMBARGO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A government order imposing a trade barrier

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

embargo; trade embargo; trade stoppage

Hypernyms ("embargo" is a kind of...):

import barrier; trade barrier (any regulation or policy that restricts international trade)

Derivation:

embargo (prevent commerce)

• EMBARGO (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they embargo    ... he / she / it embargoes   
Past simple: embargoed   
Past participle: embargoed   
-ing form: embargoing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

embargoed publications

Hypernyms (to "embargo" is one way to...):

ban; censor (forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Prevent commerce

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

The U.S. embargoes Libya

Hypernyms (to "embargo" is one way to...):

block; halt; kibosh; stop (stop from happening or developing)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

embargo (a government order imposing a trade barrier)

 Context examples 

She wanted to talk, but there seemed to be an embargo on every subject.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Oh! I lay no embargo on any body's words.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

I had not yet seen it, and upon this notice of an intended invasion, I avoided appearing on that side of the coast, for fear of being discovered, by some of the enemy’s ships, who had received no intelligence of me; all intercourse between the two empires having been strictly forbidden during the war, upon pain of death, and an embargo laid by our emperor upon all vessels whatsoever.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)