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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

   • B

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   • A

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   • N

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishBAN | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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     BAN meaning: 1. to forbid (= refuse to allow) something,...

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

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   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. ban something from something a campaign to ban sugary drinks from schools. Extra Examples.

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   A ban is an official ruling that something must not be done, shown, or used. The General also lifted a ban on political parties. American English : ban / ˈbæn /

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   The verb to ban means to forbid something from being or happening. The word can also be used as a noun. A school board might put a ban on all books that refer to Jefferson's mistress if they don't want anyone reading about her.

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