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verb
- 1. officially or legally prohibit: "he was banned from driving for a year" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. an official or legal prohibition: "a proposed ban on cigarette advertising" Similar Opposite
- 2. a curse: archaic "the land might be smitten by the ban which once fell upon the Canaanites"
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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.
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.
BAN definition: 1. to forbid (= refuse to allow) something, especially officially: 2. an official order that…. Learn more.
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.
To ban something means to state officially that it must not be done, shown, or used.
verb. /bæn/ Verb Forms. to decide or say officially that something is not allowed synonym prohibit. ban something The law effectively bans smoking in all public places. a list of banned substances. The use of these chemicals in homes was banned outright by the government in 2000.
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.
ban. 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.
BAN definition: 1. to officially say that someone must not do something: 2. an official rule that people must not…. Learn more.
to prohibit, forbid, or bar; interdict: to ban nuclear weapons; The dictator banned all newspapers and books that criticized his regime. [ Archaic.] to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon. to curse; execrate. n. Law the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
