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ban
[ban]
verb (used with object), banned, banning.
1. to prohibit, forbid, or bar; interdict:
to ban nuclear weapons; The dictator banned all newspapers and books that criticized his regime.
2.Archaic.
to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon.
to curse; execrate.
noun
3. the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
4. informal denunciation or prohibition, as by public opinion:
society's ban on racial discrimination.
5. Law.
a proclamation.
a public condemnation.
6. Ecclesiastical. a formal condemnation; excommunication.
7. a malediction; curse.
Origin of ban
before 1000; Middle English bannen, Old English bannan to summon, proclaim; cognate with Old Norse
banna to curse (probably influencing some senses of ME word), Old High German bannan; akin to Latin
fārī to speak, Sanskrit bhanati (he) speaks
Related forms
- bannable, adjective
- unbanned, adjective
Can be confused
- band, banned.
- banns, bans.
Synonyms
1. taboo, outlaw, proscribe. 3. prohibition, proscription, interdict. 3, 4. taboo.
Antonyms
1. allow.
Examples from the web for ban
- With cars and motorcycles banned, it's now the province of hikers, mountain bikers and wildlife.
- They will be excluded from scholarships and banned from working while studying.
- The reform legislation had banned such gifts, forcing donors to find new ways of influencing the political process.