ban

ban ¹  (bn)

tr.v. banned, ban·ning, bans

1. To prohibit, especially by official decree: The city council banned billboards on most streets. See Synonyms at forbid.

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: a ban on cigarette smoking on airplanes.

3. Censure, condemnation, or disapproval expressed especially by public opinion.

4. A curse; an imprecation.

5. A summons to arms in feudal times.

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[Middle English bannen, to summon, banish, curse, from Old English bannan, to summon, and from Old Norse banna, to prohibit, curse; see bh-² in Indo-European roots.]

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ban ²  (bän)

n. pl. ba·ni (bän)

See Table at currency.

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[Romanian, from Serbo-Croatian bn, lord, from Turkic bayan, very rich person : bay, rich; akin to Turkish bay, rich, gentleman + -an, intensive suff.]

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ban

Verb

[banning, banned]

to prohibit or forbid officially

Noun

an official prohibition [Old English bannan to proclaim]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ban - a decree that prohibits something     proscription, prohibition 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" 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; "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
	2.	ban - 100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova Moldovan monetary unit - monetary unit in Moldova
	3.	ban - 100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania Romanian monetary unit - monetary unit in Romania leu - the basic unit of money in Romania
	4.	ban - an official prohibition or edict against something banning, forbiddance, forbidding prohibition - refusal to approve or assent to test ban - a ban on the testing of nuclear weapons that is mutually agreed to by countries that possess nuclear weapons
	5.	BAN - a bachelor's degree in nursing Bachelor of Arts in Nursing bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies
Verb	1.	ban - forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper) censor medium - an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication criminalise, illegalise, illegalize, outlaw, criminalize - declare illegal; outlaw; "Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S." 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 banish expel, kick out, throw out - force to leave or move out; "He was expelled from his native country" rusticate - send to the country; "He was rusticated for his bad behavior"
	4.	ban - expel from a community or group banish, blackball, cast out, ostracise, ostracize, shun expel, kick out, throw out - force to leave or move out; "He was expelled from his native country"

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ban

verb 1. prohibit, black, bar, block, restrict, veto, forbid, boycott, suppress, outlaw, banish, disallow, proscribe, debar, blackball, interdict << OPPOSITE permit

verb 2. bar, prohibit, exclude, forbid, disqualify, preclude, debar, declare ineligible

noun 3. prohibition, block, restriction, veto, boycott, embargo, injunction, censorship, taboo, suppression, stoppage, disqualification, interdiction, interdict, proscription, disallowance, rahui N.Z. restraining order U.S. Law << OPPOSITE permission

Translations

ban [bæn] n → prohibición f

vt → prohibir (= exclude); excluir;

he was banned from driving → le retiraron el carnet de conducir

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ban [bæn] n → interdiction f

vt → interdire;

he was banned from driving (Brit) → on lui a retiré le permis (de conduire)

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ban [bæn] n → Verbot nt

vt → verbieten;

he was banned from driving (Brit) → ihm wurde Fahrverbot erteilt

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ban [bæn] n → interdizione f

vt → interdire;

he was banned from driving (BRIT) → gli hanno ritirato la patente

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ban

n ban [bӕn]

an order that a certain thing may not be done a ban on smoking. verbod منْع забрана zákaz forbud; banlysning das Verbot απαγόρευση prohibición, veda keeld ممنوعیت؛ منع kielto interdiction לְאֶסוֹר प्रतिबंध zabrana megtiltás larangan bann bando, proibizione 禁止 금지령 (už)draudimas aizliegums pengharaman verbod forbud, bann(lysing) zakaz proibição interdicţie запрет zákaz prepoved zabrana förbud คำสั่งห้าม yasak 禁令 заборона پابندی لگانا lệnh cấm 禁令

v – past tense, past participle banned –

to forbid The government banned publication of his book. verbied يَمْنَعُ забранявам zakázat forbyde; banlyse verbieten απαγορεύω prohibir ära keelama ممنوع کردن kieltää interdire לְאֶסוֹר प्रतिबंध लगाना zabraniti betilt melarang banna, leggja bann við proibire 禁止する 짹北置求Ù uždrausti aizliegt mengharamkan verbieden forby, lyse i bann zakazać proibir a interzice запрещать zakázať prepovedati zabraniti förbjuda ห้าม yasaklamak, men etmek 禁止 заборонити ممنوعہ قرار دینا cấm 禁止