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ban

[ˈbæn]noun, verb1 syllable

Ban means: expel from a community or group.

Synonyms for ban20

noun, as in an official prohibition or edict against something

banning, forbiddance, forbidding

noun, as in a logarithmic unit which measures information or entropy, based on base 10 logarithms and powers of 10.

Hart, hartley, dit

noun, as in a decree that prohibits something

prohibition, proscription

noun, as in a bachelor's degree in nursing

Bachelor of Arts in Nursing

verb, as in expel from a community or group

banish, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball

verb, as in forbid the public distribution of (a movie or a newspaper)

censor

verb, as in ban from a place of residence, as for punishment

banish

also used for ban

forbid, prohibit, disallow, ditl

Includes material from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What does ban mean?10

verb

1

expel from a community or group

2

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

3

ban from a place of residence, as for punishment

4

prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure“Smoking is banned in this building”

noun

1

an official prohibition or edict against something

2

a logarithmic unit which measures information or entropy, based on base 10 logarithms and powers of 10.“The ban pre-dates Shannon's use of bit as a unit of information by at least eight years, and remains in use in the early 21st Century.”

3

a decree that prohibits something

4

a bachelor's degree in nursing

5

100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova

6

100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with ban?25

Show 40 near rhymes
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All 25 rhymes for ban, grouped by syllable

Ban in a sentence

  • Shoes ... many courses ban shoes with spikes, so take care.fcbond
  • Republicans will ban all abortions nationwide as soon as they can, with no exceptions.shekitten
  • The local school board would go to any length to ban that book.fishda
  • They want to ban the wearing of the hijab in public places.Amastan
  • The press ban on the case was removed yesterday.fekundulo
  • They want to ban the wearing of the hijab in their city.Amastan
  • An international trade ban could be the last straw for that country's economy.CM
  • They want to ban the hijab in their country.Amastan

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of ban

as a noun

plural
bans

as a verb

past tense
banned
present participle
banning
third-person singular
bans
past participle
banned