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   ban

   /ban/

   verb

   • 1. officially or legally prohibit (something): "parking is banned around the harbour in summer" Similar prohibitforbidvetoproscribedisallowoutlawmake illegalembargoplace an embargo onbardebarblockstopput a stop toput an end tosuppressinterdictenjoinrestrainOpposite permit
   • ▪ officially prevent (someone) from doing something: "her son was banned for life from the Centre" Similar excludebanishexpelejectevictdrive outforce outoustremoveget rid ofdrum outthrust outpush outturn outprohibit from enteringinformal:boot outkick outgive someone the bootturf outOpposite admit

   noun

   • 1. an official or legal prohibition: "a proposed ban on cigarette advertising" Similar prohibitionvetoproscriptionembargobarsuppressionstoppageinterdictinterdictionmoratoriuminjunctionOpposite permission
   • ▪ an official exclusion of a person from an organization, country, or activity: "a ban on dangerous jet-ski riders" Similar exclusionbanishmentexpulsionejectionevictionremovalOpposite admission
   • ▪ a sentence of outlawry: historical "the Presbyterians were under the ban of the law"
   • 2. a curse: archaic "the land might be smitten by the ban which once fell upon the Canaanites"

   Word Origin Old Englishbannan ‘summon by a public proclamation’, of Germanic origin, reinforced by Old Norse banna ‘curse, prohibit’; the noun is partly from Old French ban ‘proclamation, summons, banishment’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. bannable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 5

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   The meaning of BAN is to prohibit especially by legal means; also : to prohibit the use, performance, or distribution of. How to use ban in a sentence.

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   BAN definition: 1. to forbid (= refuse to allow) something, especially officially: 2. an official order that…. Learn more.

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   A ban is a law or rule that prohibits, or bans, something, as in The winter parking ban starts on December 1. A ban can also be an informal prohibition, such as by public opinion. Example: We had to ban the use of power tools for school projects after an unfortunate incident in shop class.

5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishBAN definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   To ban something means to state officially that it must not be done, shown, or used.

6. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishban verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes |...

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   Definition of ban verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   To ban something is to put a ban on it. Something with a ban on it is said to be banned. A ban can vary from your grandmother's ban on people wearing shoes in her house to a government's ban on printing certain stories in the newspaper.

8. www.thefreedictionary.com › banBan - definition of ban by The Free Dictionary

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   1. An excommunication or condemnation by church officials. 2. A prohibition imposed by law or official decree. 3. Censure, condemnation, or disapproval expressed especially by public opinion. 4. A summons to arms in feudal times. 5. Archaic A curse; an imprecation.

9. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishBAN | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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   BAN definition: 1. to officially say that someone must not do something: 2. an official rule that people must not…. Learn more.

10. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishban noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes |...

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    noun. /bæn/ an official rule that says that something is not allowed. a smoking ban. A majority of people are against the ban. ban on something They are calling for a blanket ban (= complete ban) on the use of phones while driving. They have imposed a total ban on the import of seal skins.

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    Jun 15, 2024 · A public proclamation or edict; a summons by public proclamation. Chiefly, in early use, a summons to arms. Bans is common and ordinary amongst the Feudists, and signifies a proclamation, or any public notice. The gathering of the (French) king's vassals for war; the whole body of vassals so assembled, or liable to be summoned ...