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.
A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation.
Noun
a decree that prohibits something
Noun
a bachelor''s degree in nursing
Noun
an official prohibition or edict against something
Noun
100 bani equal 1 leu
Verb
prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure; "Smoking is banned in this building"
Verb
forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)
Verb
expel from a community or group
Verb
ban from a place of residence, as for punishment
n.
A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice,
mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation.
n.
A calling together of the king's (esp. the French king's)
vassals for military service; also, the body of vassals thus assembled
or summoned. In present usage, in France and Prussia, the most
effective part of the population liable to military duty and not in the
standing army.
n.
Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in church. See Banns
(the common spelling in this sense).
n.
An interdiction, prohibition, or proscription.
n.
A curse or anathema.
n.
A pecuniary mulct or penalty laid upon a delinquent for
offending against a ban; as, a mulct paid to a bishop by one guilty of
sacrilege or other crimes.
v. t.
To curse; to invoke evil upon.
v. t.
To forbid; to interdict.
v. i.
To curse; to swear.
n.
An ancient title of the warden of the eastern marches of
Hungary; now, a title of the viceroy of Croatia and Slavonia.
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A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation.
To curse; to invoke evil upon.
To curse; to swear.
An ancient title of the warden of the eastern marches of Hungary; now, a title of the viceroy of Croatia and Slavonia.
Usage Examples
No Congress ever has seen fit to amend the Constitution to address any issue related to marriage. No Constitutional Amendment was needed to ban polygamy or bigamy, nor was a Constitutional Amendment needed to set a uniform age of majority to ban child marriages.
I am fussy, about my diet and straining my voice. I know, sounds a bit over the top. But I'm not as bad as I used to be. These days I don't drink alcohol for five days before a show - very dehydrating for the vocal cords, and all that acid reflux. I used to ban it for a fortnight. Nightmare.
Let them be reassured, it has never been one of our intentions to ban religion in society, but solely to protect the national education system from any conspicuous display of religious affiliation.
Earmarks have become a symbol of a Congress that has broken faith with the people. This earmark ban shows the American people we are listening and we are dead serious about ending business as usual in Washington.
I support workplace clean air. But a federal ban on smoking would mean that you couldn't smoke in your own home. I don't care what people do in their home.
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Other Usage ExamplesHouse and Senate Republicans are now united in adopting earmark bans. We hope President Obama will follow through on his support for an earmark ban by pressing Democratic leaders to join House and Senate Republicans in taking this critical step to restore public trust.
I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying.
The bill would ban human cloning, and any attempts at human cloning, for both reproductive purposes and medical research. Also forbidden is the importing of cloned embryos or products made from them.
My stance has always been that there's no place in our sport for drug users. I've always said it's a ban for life if you come up positive. I stand by that.
There is a glaring reason that the necessary total ban on nontherapeutic use of antibiotics hasn't happened: The factory farm industry, allied with the pharmaceutical industry, has more power than public-health professionals.
I actually share her view and understand her frustration when any government attempts to ban secular symbols like Santa Claus or Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer or Christmas lights.
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