Ban

Definition: Ban

Ban

Noun

1. A decree that prohibits something.

2. 100 bani equal 1 leu.

3. An official prohibition or edict against something.

4. A bachelor's degree in nursing.

Verb

1. Prohibit esp. by legal means or social pressure; "Smoking is banned in this building".

2. Forbid the public distribution of; as of movies or newspapers.

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

4. Expel from a community or group.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "ban" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Literature

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BAN

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Synonyms: Ban

Five

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;

Malediction

Noun: malediction, malison, curse, imprecation, denunciation, execration, anathema, ban, proscription, excommunication, commination, thunders of the Vatican, fulmination, maranatha; aspersion, disparagement, vilification, vituperation.

Prohibition

Verb: prohibit, inhibit; forbid, put one's veto upon, disallow, enjoin, ban, outlaw, taboo, proscribe, estop; bar; debar; (hinder), forefend.

Prohibited; Verb: not permitted; unlicensed, contraband, impermissible, under the ban of; illegal; unauthorized, not to be thought of, uncountenanced, unthinkable, beyond the pale.

Noun: prohibition, inhibition; veto, disallowance; interdict, interdiction; injunction, estoppel; embargo, ban, taboo, proscription; index expurgatorius; restriction; (restraint); hindrance; forbidden fruit; Maine law.

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.

Rite

Verb: perform service, do duty, minister, officiate, baptize, dip, sprinkle; anoint, confirm, lay hands on; give the sacrament, administer the sacrament; administer extreme unction; hear confession, administer holy penance, shrive; excommunicate, ban with bell book and candle.

Threat

Adjective: threatening, menacing; minatory, minacious; comminatory, abusive; in terrorem; ominous; (predicting) ; defiant; under the ban.

Crosswords: Ban

Dutch (anathema, ban, excommunication, spell, territory), French (ban), Haitian Creole (give), Indonesian (belt, tyre, TYRE TREAD), Malay (tire, tyre), Papago (coyote), Romanian (ban, bribe, coin, fortune, gag, mite, soap), Vietnamese (body, department), Welsh (arm, branch, corner, lofty, loud, part of line, peak, quarter, stanza, verse), Wolof (which).

Ban my brow (Way Out West; writing credit: Felix Adler; Jack Jevne)

An' I'm here an' I'm there, I'm Big Ban Hank, I'm everywhere ("Rapper's Delight"; performing artist: Sugarhill Gang)

We ban that boogie sound (Rock the Casbah; performing artist: The Clash)

Ban on Soliciting Dead in Trotwood (references; author: unknown)

The Love Ban (1973)

Ban sheng niu ma (1972)

Aansoo Ban Gaye Phool (1969)

Boond Jo Ban Gayi Moti (1967)

Ye ban de gui ying (1966)

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References

• Gas Natural Ban SA: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• Goh Ban Huat Berhad: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Ban Vinai (reference)

• Do-It-Yourself Submachine Gun : It's Homemade, 9mm, Lightweight, Durable-And It'll Never Be On Any Import Ban Lists! (reference)

• Forgotten Horrors 2: Beyond the Horror Ban (reference)

• Nuclear Test Ban Treaty: A Better Shield Than Missile Defense (reference)

• Pangur Ban (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Sho Ban News (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Music

• Vol. 1-2-Sounds of the Big Ban (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Ban the Burn. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Ban Bannable Drugs. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Bệnh AIDS có th�' xảy đến với ban. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Test ban : No! Non!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Campaign for military service I want you! to end the military ban. Credit: Library of Congress.

The "Babe" in a reflectice [sic] mode, snaped [sic] in the Wash [Washington, D.C.] dugout before the game--President Ban Johnson seems to enjoy the situation. Credit: Library of Congress.

Ban handguns. Credit: Library of Congress.

Ban the bra. Credit: Library of Congress.

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He had closed his eyes upon a convicted second offender in breach of his ban.

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Health

The Food and Drug Administration has proposed a ban on all over-the-counter products containing phenolphthalein. (references)

Such reactions led the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ban sulfites as spray-on preservatives in fresh fruits and vegetables. (references)

The Federal ban on funding for needle exchange programs as well as restrictions on selling injection equipment are absolutely contraindicated and erect formidable barriers to implementing what is known to be effective. (references)

Business

Egypt currently has a ban on clothing imports. (references)

This Directive will ban the landfilling of both whole tires and shredded tires. (references)

Decree 11/1999/ND-CP issued on 3/3/1999 stipulates the ban of medical equipment. (references)

Children

United Kingdom

In order to reduce the intimidation that young suspects may feel when tried in an adult court there is a ban on robes and wigs and uniformed security officers in any courtroom where defendants under age 18 are tried on serious criminal charges. (references)

Civil Liberties

Algeria

This ban remains in force. (references)

Eritrea

The ban remained in effect at year's end. (references)

Discrimination

France

Statutes ban discrimination based on race, religion, sex, ethnic background, or political opinion, and in general the Government effectively enforces them. (references)

Economic History

Egypt

On January 1, 1998, the textiles ban was also lifted. (references)

Egypt

The remaining ban on apparels is scheduled to end on January 1, 2002. (references)

Human Rights

Egypt

Local human rights groups welcomed the ban. (references)

Tunisia

Hosni continues to practice law, despite the Government's ban and represents several human rights defendants. (references)

Syria

Persons subject to this ban are not allowed to vote, run for office, or work in the public sector; they often also are denied passports. (references)

Minorities

Ghana

Although no agreement was reached, there were no reports of violence during the final two Sundays of the ban. (references)

Ghana

On May 20, the second Sunday of the ban, groups of young men attacked more charismatic churches, and stole musical equipment and money. (references)

Russia

Such sentiment has led to a formal ban on "Wahhabism" in Dagestan and to overtures in the Duma to explore the possibility of a similar national law. (references)

Political Economy

ITALY

The ban appears to violate EU regulations. (references)

Somalia

A ban on political parties in Puntland remained in place. (references)

Burma

In May 2000, the EU published its visa ban list of names. (references)

Political Rights

Kuwait

Because of the ban on political parties, Assembly candidates must nominate themselves. (references)

Swaziland

Opposition political groupings remained highly critical of the entire electoral process, due to the continuing formal ban on organized political party activity. (references)

Malaysia

In defending its July ban on all political meetings, the Government noted that there was no need for the opposition to continue campaigning in a nonelection year. (references)

Trade

Spain

Spanish regulations ban the import of illicit narcotics and drugs. (references)

Israel

U.S. meat exports face an especially difficult environment due to a ban on non-kosher meat imports. (references)

Egypt

The ban, aimed at protecting the local apparel manufacturers, is permitted under the WTO's eight-year transition period. (references)

Women

Indonesia

Some women's groups urged the Government to ban polygyny altogether. (references)

India

Sati, the practice of burning widows on the funeral pyres of their husbands, was banned in 1829, but continued despite the ban. (references)

Gambia

In 1999 President Jammeh publicly stated that the Government would not ban FGM, and that FGM is a part of the country's culture. (references)

Worker Rights

Uganda

The ban still was in effect at year's end. (references)

Bangladesh

The ban may be renewed for 3-month periods. (references)

Pakistan

The Government also may ban a strike that has continued for 30 days. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "ban": agreement for nuclear test ban ♦ ban nuclear weapons ♦ ban of immigration ♦ Ban of the empire ♦ ban on exports ♦ ban on going out ♦ ban on imports ♦ ban on nuclear weapons ♦ ban on smoking ♦ ban war ♦ ban with bell book and candle ♦ bathing ban ♦ building ban ♦ Kan Ban ♦ lift a ban ♦ lift the ban ♦ nuclear test ban ♦ put a ban on ♦ put under a ban ♦ specified offals ban ♦ test ban ♦ under a ban ♦ under the ban. Additional references.

Beginning with "ban": Ban-the-bezier, Ban-the-bomb.

Ending with "ban": pre-ban, Ray-ban, test-ban.

Albanian

nxjerrje jashtë ligjit (outlawry), ndaloj (arrest, balk, bar, baulk, block, break down, cease, challenge, close down, come to a halt, debar, detain, disallow, disqualify, enjoin, estop, forbid, halt, impede, inhibit, interdict, negative, nip, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, pull up, stall, stop, tackle, withhold), ndalim (arrest, attachment, cessation, defence, detention, disallowance, embargo, Forbiddance, halt, inhibition, interdict, interdiction, juju, lid, negative, prohibition, stay, stop, stoppage, stopping, taboo), mallkoj (anathematize, call down, curse, damn, darn, dash, execrate, imprecate, swear, vituperate), mallkim (anathema, blight, curse, cuss, damn, damnation, imprecation, perdition, swearing, tarnation, vituperation), dekret (act, constitution, decree, decretal, edict, enactment, fiat, ordinance, statute, ukase). (various references)

Arabic 

‏منع (averting, banning, bar, barring, block, debar, deny, deprive, deter, estop, exclude, forbade, forbid, forbiddance, forbidding, foreclose, hinder, hindering, hold back, immunize, inhibit, interdict, interdiction, keep from, obstruct, obstruction, obviation, preclude, prevent, preventing, prevention, prohibit, prohibition, proscription, restrain from, stop, taboo, veto, ward off, withhold), ‏لفظ اللعنة الكنيسة على, ‏لعنة (anathema, curse, cuss, damn, execration, imprecation, malediction), ‏لعن (anathematize, curse, damn, execrate, imprecate, imprecation, revile), ‏حرم من الكنيسة, ‏حرم (abridge, be bereaved, be forbidden, bereave, contraband, debar, deny, deprive, disable, dispossess, divest, excommunicate, forbade, forbid, geld, interdict, inviolable, outlaw, prohibit, proscribe, restrain, rob, sacred, sanctuary, starve, suppress, wife), ‏حظر (bar, debar, embargo, enjoin, forbade, forbid, forbiddance, forewarn, kill, outlaw, prohibit, prohibition, proscription, suppress, taboo), ‏تحريم (deprival, derequisition, interdict, outlawry, proscription, taboo, veto), ‏إدانة من الرأي العام, ‏إدانة (condemnation, conviction, rap, sentence), ‏دعوة الملك لتابعيه من النبلاء. (various references)

Bulgarian 

забранявам (black out, disallow, enjoin, estop, forbid, inhibit, interdict, prohibit, proscribe, provide against, suppress, veto), забрана (defence, don't, inhibition, interdict, lid, prohibition, proscription, veto), анатемосвам (anathematize, curse, damn), анатема (anathema), пращане в изгнание. (various references)

Chinese 

禁令 (prohibition). (various references)

Czech

zakázat (forbid, prohibit, stop, veto), zákaz (blackout, estoppel, inhibition, interdict, prohibition, taboo, tabu), klatba. (various references)

Danish

importforbud (import ban, import embargo, prohibition on importation, prohibitions on imports), forbud vedroerende indfoersel (import ban, import embargo, prohibition on importation, prohibitions on imports), forbud ved indførsel (import ban, import embargo, prohibition on importation, prohibitions on imports), forbud mod udstykning af land (ban on dividing a plot of land into lots), forbud mod specificert slagteaffald (specified offals ban), forbud mod kørsel om søndagen (sunday ban on transport), forbud mod frasigelse af fadderskab (ban on disavowal of paternity), at individuelle andele ikke kan retrocederes (ban on retroceding individual shares). (various references)

Dutch

banvloek (anathema, excommunication), ban (anathema, excommunication, spell, territory), excommunicatie (anathema, excommunication), anathema (anathema, excommunication). (various references)

Esperanto

ekskomuniko (anathema, excommunication), anatemo (anathema, excommunication). (various references)

Faeroese

bannseting (anathema, excommunication). (various references)

Farsi 

لعن کردن , لعن (Imprecation), قدغن کردن (Veto), حکم تحریم یاتکفیر, تحریم کردن (Blackball, Boycott, Prohibit, Proscribe), اعلان ازدواج درکلیسا. (various references)

Finnish

panna (cause, excommunication, get, lay, lay down, make, place, put, put down, set), kirkonkirous (excommunication), kielto (abnegation, denial, prohibition, refusal), julistaa pannaan (excommunicate, prohibit). (various references)

French

ban, interdit (barred), interdire, exclure (bar out), embargo, anathème. (various references)

German

bann (anathema, charm, excommunication, jinx, spell), verbot (banned, forbade, forbiddance, forbiddingness, interdict, interdicted, interdiction, prohibition, proscribed, proscription, vetoed), verbieten (debar, forbad, forbid, forbidden, interdict, outlaw, prohibit, proscribe, to forbid (forbad[e], to interdict), sperren (bar, barricade, block, blockade, close, close off, cut off, disconnect, freeze, halt, inhibit, jam, lock, obstruct, obstruction, shut off, space out, stick, stop, to inhibit, to interlock). (various references)

Greek 

απαγόρευση (embargo, inhibition, prohibition), απαγορεύω (disallow, forbid, interdict, prohibit, slap a ban on, taboo, tabu). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"חרים (boycott, condemn, excommunicate, taboo), ל�'זור על- (forbid, prohibit), שמת�" (curse, excommunication), חרם (anathema, embargo, excommunication, taboo), אסור (banned, barred, embargo, forbidden, illicit, imprisoned, injunction, prohibited, proscription, taboo), � �"וי (banishment, excommunication, ostracism). (various references)

Hungarian

tilalom (don't, embargo, inhibition, interdict, prohibition, restraint, taboo), kitiltás (relegation), kiátkozás (anathema, fulmination). (various references)

Indonesian

mengapkir (condemn, prohibit, reject), melarang (embargo, forbid, interdict, prohibit). (various references)

Italian

scomunica (anathema, excommunication). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

禁止条約 , 禁止　 (prohibition), 禁止 (prohibition), 禁令 (embargo, prohibition), 禁制 (embargo, prohibition), 禁 (prohibition), 厳禁　 (interdiction, strict prohibition), 厳禁 (interdiction, strict prohibition), 停止 (abeyance, deadlock, interruption, stalemate, standstill, stoppage, suspension), 法度 (law, ordinance, prohibition), 差し止め (prohibition, suspension). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

き�"しじょうやく, き�"せい (balance, balanceof power, embargo, humbly made, made of gold, prohibition, recent times, symmetry, uniformity, Venus), き�"れい (embargo, prohibition), き�"し (fungal filament, gold thread, hypha, prohibition, shortsightedness), き�" (a little, bacillus, bacterium, be equal to, be fit for, bedding, cloth, germ, gold, gold general, napkin, prohibition, quilt, serve, small quantity, unit of weight ~600g), さしとめ (prohibition, suspension), �'�"き�" (cash, interdiction, mercenary, ready money, self-interested, strict prohibition), はっと (law, ordinance, prohibition), ていし (abeyance, adherent, apprentice, cessation, deadlock, disciple, exhibition, follower, interruption, ladder, low-interest funds, pupil, stairs, stalemate, standstill, stoppage, suspension, teacher's student-helper, young person). (various references)

Korean 

금지 (Banning, forbidding, inhibition, interdiction, Outlawing, Prohibiting, Prohibition, Prohibitive, restriction). (various references)

Manx

tarmestey (block, blocking, check, checkmate; stonewaller; discouragement, chip in, cross, cross annoy, debar, encroachment, foil, frustrate, frustration, interdict, interdiction, interference, proscribe, proscription, taboo, thwart), lhiettrimys (bafflement, balk, balk hinderance, bar, barobstruction, constriction, disqualification, drag, drawback, handicap, hang up, hazard, hindrance, hold up, impediment, injunction, jam, obstacle, prevention, sanction, victimization), cur lhiettrimys er (block, circumscribe, disqualify, handicap, head off), cur fo sarey. (various references)

Pig Latin

anbay.(various references)

Portuguese

banir (banish, cast out, deport, do away with, exile, expatriate, get rid of, ostracize, outlaw, proscribe, relegate, remove, rusticate, sequester, taboo), banimento (banishment, deportation, exile, outlawry, proscription, relegation), suspender publicação, proscrição (outlawry, proscription), proibir (bar, bar from, censor, deny, disallow, enjoin, forbade, forbid, forbidding, interdict, outlaw, proclaim, prohibit, proscribe, red-pencil, taboo), proibição oficial, maldizer (badmouth, bawl out, curse, cuss, imprecate, swear), interdito (interdict, taboo), excomunhão (anathema, excommunication). (various references)

Romanian

blestema (beshrew, blaspheme, blast, blow, curse, cuss, damn, darn, execrate, imprecate, swear), blestem (blasphemy, calamity, cancer, curse, damn, damnation, execration, hardship, imprecation, malediction, offence, perdition), ban (bribe, coin, fortune, gag, mite, soap), proscriere (proscription), prohibi (interdict, prohibit), oprire (arrest, block, call off, cease, cessation, containment, end, foreclosure, halt, interruption, let up, obstruction, pause, prohibition, retention, stage, stall, stand, standstill, station, stay, stick, stop, stoppage, stopping), izgonire (abjection, ejection), interzicere (forbidding, interdiction, prevention, prohibition, proscription), interzice (bar, disallow, enjoin, forbid, interdict, proclaim, prohibit, proscribe, taboo, veto), interdicţie (Forbiddance, injunction, interdict, interdiction, prohibition, restraint), condamna (adjudge, blame, censure, condemn, convict, crime, decry, deprecate, fine, judge, reprobate, reprove, sentence, vituperate), anatemã (anathema, curse). (various references)

Russian 

запрещение (defence, defense, disallowance, inhibition, interdict, interdiction, prohibition, proscription, suppression, taboo), запрещать запрет (banning), запрещать (cry down, disable, disallow, forbade, forbid, inhibit, interdict, proclaim, prohibit, proscribe, suppress, thumb down, veto), запрет (interdiction, prohibition, proscription). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zabraniti (bar, enjoin, forbid, interdict, nix, prohibit, proscribe, rule out, suppress), zabrana (interdict, prohibition, proscription, veto), progonstvo (banishment, exile, proscription), poziv u vojsku. (various references)

Spanish

prohibición (clampdown, embargo, Forbiddance, interdict, prohibition). (various references)

Swedish

förbud (embargo, foretoken, inhibition, interdict, interdiction, prohibition, proscription, veto), förbjuda (bar, enjoin, forbid, inhibit, interdict, prohibit, proscribe, suppress). (various references)

Thai

ห้าม (forbid, taboo), คำสั่งห้าม (injunction). (various references)

Turkish

boykot etmek (boycott), yasaklamak (bar, call off, clamp the lid on smth., debar, embargo, enjoin, forbid, imprison, inhibit, interdict, outlaw, prohibit, proscribe, put a ban on, put one's foot down, put the lid on smth., put under a ban, put under a taboo, taboo, tabu), yasak (don't, forbidden, illicit, impermissible, interdict, no, prohibition, proscriptive, restricted, restriction, taboo, tabu, under a ban), vali (chief magistrate, dey, exarch, governor, prefect, proconsul), menetmek (bar, constrain, debar, disable, disallow, disqualify, enjoin, estop, forbid, foreclose, interdict, prevent, prohobit, warn from, warn off), afaroz etmek (anathematize, put a ban on, put under a ban). (various references)

Ukrainian

відлучити від церкви, осудження (censure, condemnation, damnation, denunciation, deprecation, dispraise, reprehension, stricture), оголошення осіб, які беруть шлюб, оголошення поза законом (outlawry, proscription), накладати заборону, заклик (appeal, call, exhortation, slogan, watchword), заборона (debarment, disallowance, embargo, inhibition, interdict, nay, negative, objection, prohibition, stop, stopping, suppression), анафема (anathema), бан, прокляття (anathema, bane, curse, cuss, damn, damn it, damnation, darn, execration, imprecation, malediction, malison, oath, perdition), проклинати (anathematize, curse, damn, darn, detest, execrate, imprecate). (various references)

Welsh

ysgymuno (excommunicate), ysgymundod (excommunication), gwahardd (forbid, prohibit), diofrydig (devote, taboo, vow), diofryd (taboo, vow). (various references)

mamitu. (various references)

anathema. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "ban": banal, banalities, banality, banalize, banalized, banalizes, banalizing, banally, banana, bananas, banausic, banco, bancos, band, bandage, bandaged, bandager, bandagers, bandages, bandaging, bandaid, bandaids, bandana, bandanas, bandanna, bandannas, bandbox, bandboxes, bandeau, bandeaus, bandeaux, banded, bander, banderilla, banderillas, banderillero, banderilleros, banderol, banderole, banderoles, banderols, banders, bandicoot, bandicoots, bandied, bandies, banding, bandit, banditries, banditry, bandits. (additional references)

Words ending with "ban": ameban, amoeban, antiurban, corban, exurban, goban, interurban, kanban, nonurban, rurban, slurban, suburban, turban, unban, urban. (additional references)

Words containing "ban": abandon, abandoned, abandoner, abandoners, abandoning, abandonment, abandonments, abandons, absorbance, absorbances, absorbancies, absorbancy, absorbant, absorbants, armband, armbands, bellyband, bellybands, broadband, browband, browbands, bugbane, bugbanes, cabana, cabanas, carbanion, carbanions, charabanc, charabancs, claybank, claybanks, contraband, contrabandist, contrabandists, contrabands, corbans, corybant, corybantes, corybantic, corybants, cowbane, cowbanes, crossbanded, crossbanding, crossbandings, cutbank, cutbanks, databank, databanks, disband, disbanded. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Ban" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aban, aben, abn, abon, abun, abv, baan, baf, bahn, baj, bana, bani, bann, bano, banq, bant, Banu, bany, bap, baq, Batn, bau, baun, bayn, bca, bcn, Benj, benn, beno, bhain, bhn, bian, binn, binq, binx, bja, blan, bn, Bnaf, boan, bpa, bui, bva, bvaf, bvan, bwain, byan, Byn, eban, Ibfan, ibin, mban, Mbna, obman, Qan, uban. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: nab.

-1 letter: ab, an, ba, na.

+1 letter: band, bane, bang, bani, bank, bans, barn, bean, bran, nabe, nabs.

+2 letters: aboon, bacon, bairn, banal, banco, bands, bandy, baned, banes, bangs, banjo, banks, banns, banty, barns, barny, baron, basin, baton, beano, beans, began, bhang, binal, blain, bland, blank, blawn, bogan, brain, brand, brank, brans, brant, brawn, bunya, buran, bwana, cabin, goban, nabes, nabis, nabob, nawab, nubia, sabin, tabun, unban, unbar, urban.