Definitions for ban
bɑn; ˈbɑ niban

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. prohibition, ban, proscriptionnoun

   a decree that prohibits something

2. bannoun

   100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova

3. bannoun

   100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania

4. ban, banning, forbiddance, forbiddingnoun

   an official prohibition or edict against something

5. Bachelor of Arts in Nursing, BANverb

   a bachelor's degree in nursing

6. ban, censorverb

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

7. banverb

   prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure

   "Smoking is banned in this building"

8. banish, banverb

   ban from a place of residence, as for punishment

9. banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackballverb

   expel from a community or group

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Bannoun

   1.Publick notice given of any thing, whereby any thing is publickly commanded or forbidden. This word we use especially in the publishing matrimonial contracts in the church, before marriage, to the end that if any man can say against the intention of the parties, either in respect of kindred or otherwise, they may take their exception in time. And, in the canon law, banna sunt proclamationes sponsi & sponsæ in ecclesiis fieri soliti. John Cowell

   Etymology: ban, Teut. a publick proclamation, as of proscription, interdiction, excommunication, publick sale.

   I bar it in the interest of my wife;
   ’Tis she is subcontracted to this lord,
   And I her husband contradict your bans. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   Our bans thrice bid! and for our wedding-day
   To draw her neck into the bans. Hudibras.

   2. A curse; excommunication.

   My kerchief bought! then press’d, then forc’d away! John Gay.

   In th’ interim, spare for no trepans
   Thou mixture rank of midnight weeds collected,
   With Hecate’s ban thrice blasted, thrice infected. Hamlet.

   A great oversight it was of St. Peter, that he did not accurse Nero, whereby the pope might have got all; yet what need of such a ban, since friar Vincent could tell Atasalipa, that kingdoms were the pope’s. Walter Raleigh, Essays.

   3. Interdiction.

   Much more to taste it, under ban to touch. Parad. Lost.

   4. Ban of the Empire; a publick censure by which the privileges of any German prince are suspended.

   He proceeded so far by treaty, that he was proferred to have the imperial ban taken off Altapinus, upon submission. James Howell.

2. To Banverb

   To curse; to execrate. It is uncertain whether this word, in the foregoing sense, is to be deduced from ban, to curse, or bane, to poison.

   Etymology: bannen, Dut. to curse.

   Shall we think that it baneth the work which they leave behind them, or taketh away the use thereof. Richard Hooker, b. v.

   In thy closet pent up, rue my shame,
   And ban our enemies, both mine and thine. William Shakespeare, H. VI.

   Before these Moors went a Numidian priest, bellowing out charms, and casting scrowls of paper on each side, wherein he cursed and banned the Christians. Richard Knolles, Hist. of the Turks.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ban

   A ban is a prohibition or restriction imposed by an authority or governing body, which restricts certain actions or behaviors from being carried out. It is a formal decision to disallow or prohibit something or someone from a specific activity, place, or situation, typically due to concerns or objections regarding safety, legality, ethics, or public interest. Bans can be temporary or permanent, and they are intended to enforce rules, maintain order, or address perceived undesirable or harmful behaviors or circumstances.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Bannoun

   a public proclamation or edict; a public order or notice, mandatory or prohibitory; a summons by public proclamation

2. Bannoun

   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

3. Bannoun

   notice of a proposed marriage, proclaimed in church. See Banns (the common spelling in this sense)

4. Bannoun

   an interdiction, prohibition, or proscription

5. Bannoun

   a curse or anathema

6. Bannoun

   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

7. Banverb

   to curse; to invoke evil upon

8. Banverb

   to forbid; to interdict

9. Banverb

   to curse; to swear

10. Bannoun

    an ancient title of the warden of the eastern marches of Hungary; now, a title of the viceroy of Croatia and Slavonia

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ban

   Ban was a title used in several states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 7th century and the 20th century.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ban

   ban, n. a proclamation: sentence of banishment: outlawry: anathematisation: a denunciation: a curse.—v.t. (arch.) to curse: (prov.) to chide or rail upon: to anathematise: to proscribe. [A.S. bannan, to summon; the noun bann does not appear in A.S. (which has gebann), but is a common Teut. word, as in Old High Ger. and Scand. bann. The O. Fr. ban and Low L. bannum are of the same origin.]

2. Ban

   ban, n. the governor of a Banat, an old name for the military divisions on the eastern boundaries of the Hungarian kingdom.—ns. Banate, Bannat. [Pers. bān, lord.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ban

   (Fr.). A sort of proclamation made at the head of a body of troops, or in the several quarters or cantonments of an army, by sound of trumpet or beat of drum, either for observing martial discipline, or for declaring a new officer, or punishing a soldier, or the like. At present such kind of proclamations are given out in the written orders of the day.

2. ban

   In the former days of France, when the feudal barons, who held their estates and honors from the king, were summoned to attend him in time of war, they were called the ban, or the levy first called out; while the tenants, subordinate to these barons, formed the Arrière ban, or secondary levy.

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1. ban

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2. BAN

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BAN

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Ban is ranked #14768 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Ban surname appeared 2,011 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Ban.
   
   48.2% or 971 total occurrences were White.
   42% or 845 total occurrences were Asian.
   4% or 81 total occurrences were Black.
   3.9% or 79 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Romanian Monetary Unit
   • Expel
   • Forbid
   • Moldovan Monetary Unit

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ban' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3821

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ban' in Nouns Frequency: #1526

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ban' in Verbs Frequency: #594

Anagrams for ban »

1. nab

2. NAB

3. NBA

4. ABN

How to pronounce ban?

1. Alex

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ban in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ban in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of ban in a Sentence

1. Richard Scobey:

   We believe that any U.S. ban on cocoa imports from (Ivory Coast) will hurt, not help, it could push millions of poor farmers deeper into poverty, even though the vast majority of them are innocent of such practices.

2. Evan Greer:

   Facial recognition is one of the most authoritarian and invasive forms of surveillance ever created, and its spreading like an epidemic. ... We need to ban this technology outright, treat it like biological or nuclear weapons, and prevent it from proliferating before its too late.

3. Environment Minister Fabiola Munoz:

   The goal of creating this reserve isn't to ban economic activity. It's to create the conditions so that species can reproduce in the time of year they need.

4. Anthony Fauci:

   That ban was done at a time when we were really in the dark – we had no idea about what was going on, except that there had been an explosion of cases of omicron in South Africa.

5. Kamala Harris:

   On the issue of gun violence, I will say, as I've said countless times, we are not sitting around waiting to figure out what the solution looks like. You know, we're not looking for a vaccine, we know what works on this. It includes, let's have an assault weapons ban.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ban
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=ban
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ban
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=ban
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=ban
7. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
8. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html