banned; banning
Definition of ban
(Entry 1 of 3)
1
: to prohibit especially by legal means
ban discrimination Is smoking banned in all public buildings?
also
: to prohibit the use, performance, or distribution of
ban a book ban a pesticide
2
: bar sense 3c
banned from the U.N.
3
archaic
: curse
It is a hard fate … to be banned … by the world, only because one has sought to be wiser than the world is.— Edward Bulwer Lytton
archaic
: to utter curses or condemnations
The serious world will scold and ban …— Joseph Rodman Drake
ban
noun (1)Definition of ban (Entry 2 of 3)
1
: legal or formal prohibition
a ban on beef exports
2
: censure or condemnation especially through social pressure
was under ban for her political views
4
: malediction, curse
uttered a ban upon his enemies
5
: the summoning in feudal times of the king's vassals for military service
ban
noun (2)Definition of ban (Entry 3 of 3)
: a monetary subunit of the leu — see leu at Money Table
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