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ban

UK
/bæn/
US
/bæn/

Translations

banverb
banned
Past Simple
banned
Past Participle
banning
Gerund
UK
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US
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interdireSens général: interdire officiellement ou légalement.
The government decided to ban smoking in all public places.
Le gouvernement a décidé d’interdire de fumer dans tous les lieux publics.
Additional translations
bannirInterdiction d’accès ou exclusion; emploi plus rare ou soutenu.
anathématiserSens religieux archaïque.
Synonyms
prevent
disallow
prohibit
forbid
bar
restrict
interdict
exclude
Antonyms
allow
permit
authorize
bannoun
bans
pl
UK
/bæn/
US
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interdictionSens juridique ou officiel.
The government imposed a ban on smoking in public places.
Le gouvernement a imposé une interdiction de fumer dans les lieux publics.
Additional translations
banUnité monétaire roumaine ou moldave.
banTerme historique pour une proclamation féodale ou un appel aux armes.
anathèmeEmploi religieux ou solennel.
Synonyms
interdiction
prohibition
veto
bar
restriction
embargo
forbiddance

Definitions

banverb
To officially or legally prohibit something.
The government decided to ban smoking in all public places.
To forbid someone from doing something or going somewhere.
The school decided to ban him from attending the prom due to his behavior.
To excommunicate or pronounce a formal curse upon (someone), especially by ecclesiastical authority. (archaic)
In the Middle Ages, the church could ban a noble who defied its authority.
bannoun
An official or legal prohibition.
The government imposed a ban on smoking in public places.
A public condemnation or excommunication.
The church issued a ban against the heretic.
A monetary unit of Romania and Moldova equal to one hundredth of a leu.
He paid the shopkeeper fifty ban for a loaf of bread.
An archaic proclamation or summons to arms issued by a sovereign.
The king sent out the ban to rally his vassals.
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