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BAN

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Irregular inflected forms: bani    , banned    , banning   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A decree that prohibits something

Synonyms:

ban; prohibition; proscription

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("ban" is a kind of...):

decree; edict; fiat; order; rescript (a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ban"):

banning-order (an order that bans something)

cease and desist order; enjoining; enjoinment; injunction ((law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity)

interdict; interdiction (a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity)

Derivation:

ban (prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure)

ban (forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A bachelor's degree in nursing

Synonyms:

Bachelor of Arts in Nursing; BAN

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("BAN" is a kind of...):

baccalaureate; bachelor's degree (an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An official prohibition or edict against something

Synonyms:

ban; banning; forbiddance; forbidding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("ban" is a kind of...):

prohibition (refusal to approve or assent to)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ban"):

test ban (a ban on the testing of nuclear weapons that is mutually agreed to by countries that possess nuclear weapons)

Derivation:

ban (prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure)

ban (forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper))

Sense 4

Meaning:

100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("ban" is a kind of...):

Romanian monetary unit (monetary unit in Romania)

Holonyms ("ban" is a part of...):

leu (the basic unit of money in Romania)

Sense 5

Meaning:

100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("ban" is a kind of...):

Moldovan monetary unit (monetary unit in Moldova)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure

Example:

Smoking is banned in this building

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "ban" is one way to...):

disallow; forbid; interdict; nix; prohibit; proscribe; veto (command against)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s VERB-ing

Derivation:

ban (a decree that prohibits something)

ban (an official prohibition or edict against something)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)

Synonyms:

ban; censor

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "ban" is one way to...):

criminalise; criminalize; illegalise; illegalize; outlaw (declare illegal; outlaw)

Domain category:

medium (an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ban"):

embargo (ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue ban the movie

Derivation:

ban (a decree that prohibits something)

ban (an official prohibition or edict against something)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Expel from a community or group

Synonyms:

ban; banish; blackball; cast out; ostracise; ostracize; shun

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "ban" is one way to...):

expel; kick out; throw out (force to leave or move out)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 4

Meaning:

Ban from a place of residence, as for punishment

Synonyms:

ban; banish

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "ban" is one way to...):

expel; kick out; throw out (force to leave or move out)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ban"):

rusticate (send to the country)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Credits

 Context examples: 

As any economic activity is banned from the conservation units surveyed, the population living or working in the area should be compensated and resettled.

(Brazilian savanna unprotected, study finds, Agência Brasil)

In Brazil, whaling has been banned since 1986, according to Greenpeace Public Policy Coordinator Márcio Astrini.

(Brazil to support South Atlantic whale sanctuary bid, Agência BRASIL)

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the US has banned triclosan from antiseptic and antibacterial hand rubs and hand washes.

(Common Ingredient in Toothpaste Puts Women at Risk of Bone Disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Chlorofluorocarbons, the ozone-eating refrigerants banned by the Montreal Protocol, are declining.

(Warming due to carbon dioxide jumped by half in 25 years, NOAA)

A few nations, including the U.S., the UK and South Korea, have banned microbeads.

(Researchers Discover Microplastics in 100 Percent of People Studied, VOA)

We want to ban campaigns offering free minutes.

(Health threats caused by mobile phone radiation, EUROPARL TV)

They confirmed that a policy banning human-caused fires between 1986 and 2015 encouraged the growth of denser forest.

(Fire control harms biodiversity in Brazilian savannah, SciDev.Net)

The results are impressive, given that the study focused on trans fatty acid bans in restaurants, as opposed to complete bans that included food bought in stores, said senior author Tamar S. Polonsky.

(Trans Fat Bans Lessen Health Risks, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

However, in 2012, it amended its regulations and banned the use of BPA in baby bottles and sippy cups.

(Humans exposed to far more hormone-disrupting chemicals than thought, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

These bans an' wafts an' boh-ghosts an' barguests an' bogles an' all anent them is only fit to set bairns an' dizzy women a-belderin'.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)