1. ban(n = noun.communication) prohibition, proscription - a decree that prohibits something;
is a kind of decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript
has particulars: banning-order, cease and desist order, enjoining, enjoinment, injunction, interdict, interdiction
Derived forms verb ban2, verb ban1
2. ban(n = noun.quantity) - 100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova;
is a kind of moldovan monetary unit
3. ban(n = noun.quantity) - 100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania;
is a kind of romanian monetary unit
is a part of leu
4. ban(n = noun.communication) banning, forbiddance, forbidding - an official prohibition or edict against something;
is a kind of prohibition
has particulars: test ban
Derived forms verb ban2, verb ban1
5. ban(n = noun.communication) bachelor of arts in nursing - a bachelor's degree in nursing;
is a kind of baccalaureate, bachelor's degree
1. ban(v = verb.social) censor - forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper);
is one way to criminalise, criminalize, illegalise, illegalize, outlaw
Derived forms noun ban1, noun ban4
Sample sentences:
Sam and Sue ban the movie
2. ban(v = verb.communication) - prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure; "Smoking is banned in this building"
is one way to disallow, forbid, interdict, nix, prohibit, proscribe, veto
Derived forms noun ban1, noun ban4
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s VERB-ing
3. ban(v = verb.social) banish - ban from a place of residence, as for punishment;
is one way to expel, kick out, throw out
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
4. ban(v = verb.social) banish, blackball, cast out, ostracise, ostracize, shun - expel from a community or group;
is one way to expel, kick out, throw out
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
A kind of fine muslin, made in the East Indies from the fiber of the banana leaf stalks. [1913 Webster]
1. A public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation. [1913 Webster]
2. 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. [1913 Webster]
3. Notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in church. See Banns (the common spelling in this sense). [1913 Webster]
4. An interdiction, prohibition, or proscription. Milton. [1913 Webster]
5. A curse or anathema. Shak. [1913 Webster]
6. 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. [1913 Webster]
1. To curse; to invoke evil upon. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
2. To forbid; to interdict. Byron. [1913 Webster]
To curse; to swear. Spenser. [1913 Webster]
An ancient title of the warden of the eastern marches of Hungary; now, a title of the viceroy of Croatia and Slavonia. [1913 Webster]
ban, v. & n.
--v.tr. (banned, banning) forbid, prohibit, esp. formally.
--n.
1 a formal or authoritative prohibition (a ban on smoking).
2 a tacit prohibition by public opinion.
3 a sentence of outlawry.
4 archaic a curse or execration.
Etymology:
OE bannan summon f. Gmc
N prohibition, inhibition, veto, disallowance, interdict, interdiction, injunction, estoppel, embargo, ban, taboo, proscription, index expurgatorius, restriction, hindrance, forbidden fruit, Maine law, prohibitive, prohibitory, proscriptive, restrictive, exclusive, forbidding, prohibited, not permitted, unlicensed, contraband, impermissible, under the ban of, illegal, unauthorized, not to be thought of, uncountenanced, unthinkable, beyond the pale, on no account, Int, forbid it heaven!, hands off!, keep off!, hold!, stop!, desist!, cease and desist!, avast!, that will never do, don't you dare, forget it, don't even think about doing it, go ahead, make my day.
VB prohibit, inhibit, forbid, put one's veto upon, disallow, enjoin, ban, outlaw, taboo, proscribe, estop, bar, debar, forefend, keep in, keep within bounds, restrain, cohibit, withhold, limit, circumscribe, clip the wings of, restrict, interdict, taboo, put under an interdiction, place under an interdiction, put under the ban, place under the ban, proscribe, exclude, shut out, shut the door, bolt the door, show the door, warn off, dash the cup from one's lips, forbid the banns.
N five, five, cinque, quint, quincux, six, half-a- dozen, half dozen, seven, eight, nine, three times three, dicker, ten, decade, eleven, twelve, dozen, thirteen, long dozen, baker's dozen, quintuplet, twenty, score, twenty-four, four and twenty, two dozen, twenty-five, five and twenty, quarter of a hundred, forty, two score, fifty, half a hundred, sixty, three score, seventy, three score and ten, eighty, four score, ninety, fourscore and ten, sestiad, hundred, centenary, hecatomb, century, hundredweight, cwt, one hundred and forty-four, gross, thousand, chiliad, millennium, thousand years, grand, myriad, ten thousand, ban, man, ten thousand years, banzai, lac, one hundred thousand, plum, million, thousand million, milliard, billion, trillion, five, quinary, quintuple, fifth, senary, sextuple, sixth, seventh, septuple, octuple, eighth, ninefold, ninth, tenfold, decimal, denary, decuple, tenth, eleventh, duodenary, duodenal, twelfth, in one's 'teens, thirteenth, vicesimal, vigesimal, twentieth, twenty-fourth, vicenary, vicennial, centuple, centuplicate, centennial, centenary, centurial, secular, hundredth, thousandth.
N malediction, malison, curse, imprecation, denunciation, execration, anathema, ban, proscription, excommunication, commination, thunders of the Vatican, fulmination, maranatha, aspersion, disparagement, vilification, vituperation, abuse, foul language, bad language, strong language, unparliamentary language, billingsgate, sauce, evil speaking, cursing, profane swearing, oath, foul invective, ribaldry, rude reproach, scurrility, threat, more bark than bite, invective, cursing, cursed, Int, woe to!, beshrew!, ruat coelum!, ill betide, woe betide, confusion seize!, damn!, damn it!, damn you!, damn you to hell!, go to hell!, go to blazes!, confound!, blast!, curse!, devil take!, hang!, out with!, a plague upon!, out upon!, aroynt!, honi soit!, parbleu!, delenda est Carthago.