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noun | verb banban1 /bæn/ ●●○ W3 noun [countable] an official order that forbids something from being used or done: ban on a ban on cigarette advertising → see also test ban noun | verb banban2 ●●○ W3 verb (banned, banning) [transitive] ETYMOLOGYban2Origin: Old English bannan to command people to come VERB TABLEban |
| Present | I, you, we, they | ban | | he, she, it | bans | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | banned | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have banned | | he, she, it | has banned | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had banned | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will ban | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have banned |
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| Present | I | am banning | | he, she, it | is banning | | you, we, they | are banning | | Past | I, he, she, it | was banning | | you, we, they | were banning | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been banning | | he, she, it | has been banning | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been banning | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be banning | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been banning |
THESAURUSto officially state that something is not allowed, for example because of a law, rule, custom, etc.► forbidto officially state that something is not allowed, for example because of a law, rule, custom, etc.: At that time, the state law forbade the teaching of evolution. ► not allow/permit/let to say that someone must not do something, and to stop him or her from doing it. Not permit sounds more formal or official than not allow or not let: I’m not allowed to stay out past midnight. Smoking is not permitted in the building. ► ban to say officially that people must not do or have something, especially something that was allowed before: The country’s government has banned foreign journalists from the area. ► prohibit if a rule or law prohibits something, the rule or law says it is not allowed: Selling cigarettes to people under 18 is prohibited. ► outlaw to make a law that prohibits something: In the 1920s the sale of alcohol was outlawed. ► bar to officially stop someone from entering a place or doing something, usually because he or she has done something wrong: Journalists were barred from the courtroom. ► proscribe formal to officially stop the existence or use of something: The laws proscribe child labor. to say that something must not be done, seen, used, etc.: Elephant ivory is banned in the U.S.ban somebody from doing something The military government banned private citizens from carrying guns.► see thesaurus at forbid [Origin: Old English bannan to command people to come] → see also banned |