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   ban

   /ban/

   verb

   • 1. officially or legally prohibit: "he was banned from driving for a year" Similar prohibitforbidvetoproscribedisallowoutlawmake illegalembargoplace an embargo onbardebarblockstopput a stop toput an end tosuppressinterdictenjoinrestrainOpposite permit
   • ▪ officially exclude (someone) from a place: "he once was banned from a casino in Reno" 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 proposed ban on foreign correspondents was condemned by international leaders" Similar exclusionbanishmentexpulsionejectionevictionremovalOpposite admission
   • 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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   Learn the meaning, synonyms, examples, and history of the word ban, which can be a verb meaning to prohibit or a noun meaning a prohibition or a curse. See also the related word bani, a monetary unit of the leu.

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   Banned is the past tense and past participle of ban, which means to forbid or prohibit something or someone. Learn how to use banned in sentences with different meanings and contexts from the Cambridge English Corpus.

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   Learn the meaning of ban as a verb and a noun, and see how it is used in different contexts. Find synonyms, antonyms, collocations, and translations of ban in English.

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   Banned means prohibited, forbidden, or outlawed by official decree or public opinion. Find out the origin, usage, and examples of the word banned, as well as its synonyms and related words.

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   Ban is a verb that means to prohibit, forbid, or bar something or someone. It can also be a noun that means a prohibition, a proclamation, or a coin. Learn more about the origin, usage, and synonyms of ban.

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   When something is banned, it's illegal or not allowed. If you're wearing a banned t-shirt to school, it means there's a rule forbidding that particular kind of shirt.

8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishBANNED definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   Learn the meaning of banned, the past tense and participle of ban, which means to forbid or prohibit something. See examples of banned in sentences and synonyms in different languages.