ban
IPA: bˈæn
noun
- Prohibition.
- A public proclamation or edict; a summons by public proclamation. Chiefly, in early use, a summons to arms.
- The gathering of the (French) king's vassals for war; the whole body of vassals so assembled, or liable to be summoned; originally, the same as arrière-ban: in the 16th c., French usage created a distinction between ban and arrière-ban, for which see the latter word.
- (obsolete) A curse or anathema.
- A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for offending against a ban, such as a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of sacrilege or other crimes.
- A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Romanian leu.
- A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Moldovan leu.
- A unit measuring information or entropy based on base-ten logarithms, rather than the base-two logarithms that define the bit.
- A title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.
- A surname.
- Initialism of British Approved Name.
verb
- (transitive, obsolete) To summon; to call out.
- (transitive) To anathematize; to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon; to place under a ban.
- (transitive) To curse; to execrate.
- (transitive) To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation.
- (transitive, intransitive) To curse; to utter curses or maledictions.
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Examples of "ban" in Sentences
- It bans the usurpation of power.
- The banning was overdue already.
- They banned the use of firearms.
- The ban is of indefinite duration.
- The basis of the ban is ridiculous.
- The program was banned by the courts.
- This is about the legality of the ban.
- It is the blanket ban causing the disruption.
- China now hopes to ban political jamborees, stopping peroration.
- He refused to acknowledge the ban on the ground of its illegality.
- I personally think that lifting the ban is a good thing, just for the hard-working people.
- A challenge to the Boy Scouts 'ban on gay troop leaders was dismissed, allowing the organization to continue that ban.
- Gordon Brown's fire sale of public assets to raise £16bn men to get a divorce, ruling that Texas 'ban on same-sex marriage violates the men to get a divorce, ruling that Texas' ban on same-sex marriage
- Sarkozy, Public Policy, The American Prospect, The Economist, Turkey, government, politics Julian Sanchez on why a possible French burqa ban is a bad idea: After all, one of the reasons liberal democracies [...]
- The book says that Reiss 'ban on Sinn Féin fundraising in the US following the murder by IRA members of Robert McCartney had the support of the British security services even though the Northern Ireland Office opposed the ban.
- Belarus 'ban on Russian pork imports not detrimental - watchdog Belarus' ban on Russian pork imports not detrimental - watchdog A Tochka-U short-range ballistic missile self-destructed on Thursday shortly after a practice launch at training grounds in northwestern Russia, the Defense Ministry said.
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- Same-sex marriage will be legal in five states when New Hampshire begins issuing licenses Jan. 1, and passionate battles over whether that number will grow are being waged in the Texas 'ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional as she cleared the way for two gay Texas paved the way for a court battle over the state's ban on same-sex marriage when she ruled this week that two men married in another state can get ...
- ; Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act; Defense of Marriage Act, abandoning his pledge to consider offering asylum to Haitian refugees; backing away from his most high-profile campaign issue: health care; reneging on his promise to "take a firm stand" against the armed forces 'ban on gays and lesbians; the invasion of Somalia; increasing the Pentagon budget by $25 billion; firing Jocelyn Elders; dumping Lani Guinier; renewing the sanctions on Iraq; ignoring genocide in Rwanda; passing a crime bill that gave us more cops, more prisons, and 58 more offenses punishable by death; the passage of the salvage logging rider; continuation of the use of methyl bromide; weakening of the Endangered Species Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act; lowering of grazing fees on land; subsidizing Florida's sugar industry; reversing the ban on the production and importation of PCBs; allowing the export of Alaskan oil; the telecommunications bill; unconditional support for the Israeli war machine, and not pardoning Leonard Peltier.