a. To prohibit (an action) or forbid the use of (something), especially by official decree: banned smoking in theaters; banned pesticides in parks. See Synonyms at forbid.
b. To refuse to allow (someone) to do something, go somewhere, or be a participant; exclude: a coach who was banned from the sidelines for two games; a gambler who was banned from the club.
2. South African Under the former system of apartheid, to deprive (a person suspected of illegal activity) of the right of free movement and association with others.
3. Archaic To curse.
n.
1. An excommunication or condemnation by church officials.
2. A prohibition imposed by law or official decree.
3. Censure, condemnation, or disapproval expressed especially by public opinion.
4. A summons to arms in feudal times.
5. Archaic A curse; an imprecation.
[Middle English bannen, to summon, banish, curse, from Old English bannan, to summon, and from Old Norse banna, to prohibit, curse; see bhā- in Indo-European roots.]
ban 2
(bän)
n.pl.ba·ni(bä′nē)
A unit of currency equal to 1/100 of the primary unit of currency in Romania and Moldova.
[Romanian, coin, coin of small worth, perhaps of Germanic origin and akin to Old High German ban, official proclamation, command (the original medieval Romanian coin being so called because coins were necessary to pay fines and feudal dues) and to Old English bannan, to summon; see ban1.]
1. (tr) to prohibit, esp officially, from action, display, entrance, sale, etc; forbid: to ban a book; to ban smoking.
2. (Law) (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
3. archaic to curse
n
4. an official prohibition or interdiction
5. (Law) law an official proclamation or public notice, esp of prohibition
6. a public proclamation or edict, esp of outlawry
7. archaic public censure or condemnation
8. archaic a curse; imprecation
[Old English bannan to proclaim; compare Old Norse banna to forbid, Old High German bannan to command]
ban
(bæn)
n
(Historical Terms) (in feudal England) the summoning of vassals to perform their military obligations
[C13: from Old French ban, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German ban command, Old Norse bann ban1]
ban
(bæn)
n, plbani (ˈbɑːnɪ)
(Currencies) a monetary unit of Romania and Moldova worth one hundredth of a leu
decree, fiat, edict, rescript, order - a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge); "a friend in New Mexico said that the order caused no trouble out there"
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; "injunction were formerly obtained by writ but now by a judicial order"
interdict, interdiction - a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity
embargo - ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons; "embargoed publications"
2.
ban - prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure; "Smoking is banned in this building"
nix, prohibit, proscribe, disallow, forbid, interdict, veto - command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans"
3.
ban - ban from a place of residence, as for punishment
n (= prohibition) → interdictionf ban on sth [+ imports] → interdiction sur qch There was a ban on smoking BUTIl était interdit de fumer. government plans for land reform and a ban on hunting BUTdes projets gouvernementaux pour des réformes agraires et l'interdiction de chasser. to lift a ban on sth → lever l'interdiction sur qch The General had lifted a ban on political parties → Le général avait levé l'interdiction sur les partispolitiques. a ban on doing sth → l'interdiction de faire qch a three-match ban (on sports player) → une suspension de trois matchs
vt [+ activity, smoking, alcohol, advertising] → interdire; [+ person] → exclure; [+ sports player] → suspendre to ban sb from sth [+ match, competition] → exclure qn de qch; [+ country] → interdire qn de qch The BBC were banned from the country → La BBC était interdite sur le territoire. to be banned from doing sth → ne pasavoir le droit defaire qch He is banned from entering the US BUTIl est interdit de séjour aux États Unis. He was banned from driving (British) BUTOn lui a retiré le permis de conduire.
2. (banned (pt, pp)) vt (alcohol, book, film) → proibire to ban sb from sth → proibire qc a qn to ban sb from doing sth → proibire a qn di fare qc to ban sb from a place → proibire a qn di andare in un posto they banned him from the competition → lo hanno escluso dalla gara he was banned from driving (Brit) → gli hanno tolto (or ritirato) la patente
an order that a certain thing may not be done. a ban on smoking. verbod منْع забрана proibição zákaz das Verbot forbud; banlysning απαγόρευσηprohibición, veda keeld ممنوعیت؛ منع kielto interdiction לְאֶסוֹר प्रतिबंध zabrana megtiltás larangan bann bando, proibizione 禁止 금지 (už)draudimas aizliegums pengharaman verbodforbud, bannzakaz منع، مو قوف، بنديز، غندنه proibição interdicţie запрет zákaz prepoved zabrana förbud คำสั่งห้าม yasak 禁令 заборона پابندی لگانا lệnh cấm 禁令
verb – past tense, past participle banned –
to forbid. The government banned publication of his book. verbied يَمْنَعُ забранявам proibir zakázat verbieten forbyde; banlyse απαγορεύωprohibir ära keelama ممنوع کردن kieltää interdire לְאֶסוֹר प्रतिबंध लगाना zabraniti betilt melarang banna, leggja bann við proibire 禁止する 금하다 uždrausti aizliegt mengharamkan verbiedenforby, lyse i bannzakazać بندیز لگول، غندل proibir a interzice запрещать zakázať prepovedati zabraniti förbjuda ห้าม yasaklamak, men etmek 禁止 заборонити ممنوعہ قرار دینا cấm 禁止
Thar Ban, jed among the hordes of Torquas, rode swiftly across the ochre vegetation of the dead sea-bottom toward the ruins of ancient Aaanthor.
His giant thoat was far from jaded, yet it would be well, thought Thar Ban, to permit him to graze upon the ochre moss which grows to greater height within the protected courtyards of deserted cities, where the soil is richer than on the sea-bottoms, and the plants partly shaded from the sun during the cloudless Martian day.
The diet possesses the general power of legislating for the empire; of making war and peace; contracting alliances; assessing quotas of troops and money; constructing fortresses; regulating coin; admitting new members; and subjecting disobedient members to the ban of the empire, by which the party is degraded from his sovereign rights and his possessions forfeited.
The consequence was that the city was put under the ban of the empire, and the Duke of Bavaria, though director of another circle, obtained an appointment to enforce it.
Only these: I want the well and the surroundings for the space of half a mile, entirely to myself from sunset to-day until I remove the ban -- and nobody allowed to cross the ground but by my authority."
In a village, particularly, two people who robbed the community of its perquisites in this respect would be looked upon as "enemies of the people," and their joint life would begin under a social ban which it would cost much subsequent hospitality to remove.
Not many leagues from here is a tribe of Jews whose ancestors fled thither after an unsuccessful revolt against King David, and these their descendants are still under a ban and keep to themselves.
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