BAN (bani, banned, banning)

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IPA (US):

Irregular inflected forms: bani    , banned    , banning   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does BAN mean? 

• BAN (noun)
  The noun BAN has 5 senses:

1. a decree that prohibits something

2. 100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova

3. 100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania

4. an official prohibition or edict against something

5. a bachelor's degree in nursing

  Familiarity information: BAN used as a noun is common.

• BAN (verb)
  The verb BAN has 4 senses:

1. forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)

2. prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure

3. ban from a place of residence, as for punishment

4. expel from a community or group

  Familiarity information: BAN used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A decree that prohibits something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

ban; prohibition; proscription

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:

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)

Sense 3

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 4

Meaning:

An official prohibition or edict against something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

ban; banning; forbiddance; forbidding

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 5

Meaning:

A bachelor's degree in nursing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Bachelor of Arts in Nursing; BAN

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

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

• BAN (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they ban    ... he / she / it bans   
Past simple: banned   
Past participle: banned   
-ing form: banning   

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

ban; censor

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 2

Meaning:

Prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

Smoking is banned in this building

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 3

Meaning:

Ban from a place of residence, as for punishment

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

ban; banish

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

Sense 4

Meaning:

Expel from a community or group

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

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

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

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

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

 Context examples 

NASA research shows Earth's atmosphere contains an unexpectedly large amount of an ozone-depleting compound from an unknown source decades after the compound was banned worldwide.

(Ozone-depleting compound persists, NASA)

As a feed additive, arsanilic acid improves weight gain in farm-raised animals, but its use as a growth promoter is banned in many countries.

(Arsanilic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

Although shark fishing is banned in Brazil, the clandestine market continues, driven partly by the high prices shark fins fetch: up to US$1,000 per kilogram on the international market.

(New way to save endangered sharks – and our seafood, SciDev.Net)

Banning plastic bags and straws in coastal areas and putting in place stronger recycling programmes and beach clean-ups can help solve the problem.

(Plastic debris linked to coral disease, death, SciDev.Net)

And if they laid you under a ban for adhering to me?

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Carbadox is a mutagen/carcinogen and has been banned in Canada, Australia, and the European Union.

(Carbadox, NCI Thesaurus)

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has banned the sale of dietary supplements that contain ephedra.

(Ephedra, NCI Dictionary)

The prior, however, hath so ordered that while he holds this cross no man may lay hand upon him without the ban of church, which heaven forfend from me or mine.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I felt as if I were placed under a ban—as if I had no right to claim their sympathies—as if never more might I enjoy companionship with them.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has banned the sale of dietary supplements that contain ma huang.

(Ma huang, NCI Dictionary)