ban
1to 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.
the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.
informal denunciation or prohibition, as by public opinion: society's ban on racial discrimination.
Law.
a proclamation.
a public condemnation.
Ecclesiastical. a formal condemnation; excommunication.
a malediction; curse.
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1Other words for ban
Opposites for ban
Other words from ban
- ban·na·ble, adjective
- un·banned, adjective
Words that may be confused with ban
- banns, bans
Other definitions for ban (2 of 4)
a public proclamation or edict.
bans, Ecclesiastical. banns.
(in the feudal system)
the summoning of the sovereign's vassals for military service.
the body of vassals summoned.
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2Other definitions for ban (3 of 4)
(formerly) the governor of Croatia and Slavonia.
History/Historical. a provincial governor of the southern marches of Hungary.
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3Other definitions for ban (4 of 4)
a Romanian coin, one 100th of a leu.
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How to use ban in a sentence
Mat Staver, chair of the Liberty Counsel, hailed the decision against bans on conversion therapy in a statement as a win for free speech and predicting similar rulings would follow.
Court strikes down bans on conversion therapy as violations of free speech | Chris Johnson | November 20, 2020 | Washington BladeThe ban on outdoor exercise and even dog-walking had made the measures among the strictest in the world.
A pizza shop worker lied to contract tracers—prompting unfounded fears of a new COVID-19 strain | kdunn6 | November 20, 2020 | FortuneThe bans also don’t apply to law enforcement at the state or federal level.
Citizens are turning face recognition on unidentified police | Tate Ryan-Mosley | November 18, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewAlison Maley, with the Illinois Statewide School Management Alliance, said the group supports a ban on prone restraint and has provided input to lawmakers on other parts of the legislation with the hope “that we can come to an agreement.”
New Data Shows the Use of Seclusion and Restraint Increased in Illinois Schools During the 2017–18 School Year | by Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune, and Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica | November 17, 2020 | ProPublicaReports suggest new measures could be introduced, including a ban on private parties until Christmas, compulsory mask-weaking in schools, and even quarantine and sick leave for anyone experiencing symptoms of a regular cold.
Nobody really knows which coronavirus strategy is the right one | David Meyer | November 16, 2020 | Fortune
In Israel, however, a new law took effect January 1st that banned the use of underweight models.
How Skinny Is Too Skinny? Israel Bans ‘Underweight’ Models | Carrie Arnold | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTLast summer, Louisiana also banned non-legal adoption, with offenders facing a penalty of $5,000 and up to five years in prison.
In 1956, Balenciaga and Givenchy banned the press from viewing their collections for a month to prevent counterfeiting.
Jordan also banned it, and Malaysia, Egypt, and Indonesia subjected it to their censorship boards.
When Countries Lose Their Shit Over American Movies | Asawin Suebsaeng | December 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSuppressed, banned, scorned—it seems to speak to something within the human mind (or soul, if you like) that is irrepressible.
An offence against table-manners is banned like an attack on the Church.
The New Society | Walther RathenauThey were up on the level of the house now, past the long veranda with the banned black benches.
The Open Question | Elizabeth RobinsThis gives a wrong impression about Nominalism, that it was banned in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind | Herbert George WellsThe job was a great national one, and let none be banned who bore an honourable part in it.
Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865 | Abraham LincolnThe president of the university banned political organizing on campus, but the civil rights kids wouldn't stop.
Little Brother | Cory Doctorow
British Dictionary definitions for ban (1 of 3)
/ (bæn) /
(tr) to prohibit, esp officially, from action, display, entrance, sale, etc; forbid: to ban a book; to ban smoking
(tr) (formerly in South Africa) to place (a person suspected of illegal political activity) under a government order restricting his movement and his contact with other people
archaic to curse
an official prohibition or interdiction
law an official proclamation or public notice, esp of prohibition
a public proclamation or edict, esp of outlawry
archaic public censure or condemnation
archaic a curse; imprecation
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1British Dictionary definitions for ban (2 of 3)
/ (bæn) /
(in feudal England) the summoning of vassals to perform their military obligations
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2British Dictionary definitions for ban (3 of 3)
/ (bæn) /
a monetary unit of Romania and Moldova worth one hundredth of a leu
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