ban - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com

The verb to ban means to forbid something from being or happening; the word can also be used as a noun. A school board might put a ban on all books that referred to Jefferson's mistress if they didn't want anyone reading about her.

If your parents are upset by how much time you spend surfing the net, they might ban all computers in the house. But you're smart: you can just use your phone or go over a friend's place. To ban something is to put a ban on it. Something with a ban on it is said to be banned. At the height of the disco craze, radio DJs banned all disco records. To get listeners to join their ban, they encouraged them to destroy their disco records in public. Remember records, those vinyl platters?

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: ban

1	v n	prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure an official prohibition or edict against something
2	n	100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova
3	n	100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: ban

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v prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure

“Smoking is banned in this building”

Type of:: disallow, forbid, interdict, nix, prohibit, proscribe, veto
command against

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

Synonyms:: censor

Types:: embargo
ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons

Type of:: criminalise, criminalize, illegalise, illegalize, outlaw
declare illegal; outlaw

v expel from a community or group

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

Type of:: expel, kick out, throw out
force to leave or move out

v ban from a place of residence, as for punishment

Synonyms:: banish

Types:: rusticate
send to the country

Type of:: expel, kick out, throw out
force to leave or move out

n an official prohibition or edict against something

Synonyms:: banning, forbiddance, forbidding

Types:: test ban
a ban on the testing of nuclear weapons that is mutually agreed to by countries that possess nuclear weapons

Type of:: prohibition
refusal to approve or assent to

n a decree that prohibits something

Synonyms:: prohibition, proscription

Types:: show 6 types...; hide 6 types...; 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; mandatory injunction
injunction requiring the performance of some specific act; final injunction, permanent injunction
injunction issued on completion of a trial; interlocutory injunction, temporary injunction
injunction issued during a trial to maintain the status quo or preserve the subject matter of the litigation until the trial is over

Type 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)

2

n 100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova

Type of:: Moldovan monetary unit
monetary unit in Moldova

3

n 100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania

Type of:: Romanian monetary unit
monetary unit in Romania