verb, noun
verb (-nn-) [VN]
1 to forbid sth officially:
Chemical weapons are banned internationally. * a campaign to ban smoking in public places
2 [usuallypassive] ~ sb from sth / from doing sth to forbid sb to do sth, go somewhere, etc., especially officially:
He was banned from the meeting. * She's been banned from leaving Greece while the allegations are investigated. * (BrE) He was banned from driving for six months.
noun ~ (on sth) an official rule that says that sth is not allowed:
There is to be a total ban on smoking in the office. * to impose / lift a ban
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for ban is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does ban appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — ban appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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