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BAN Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com Synonyms ban 1 American [ban] / bæn / verb (used with object) banned, banning to prohibit, forbid, or bar; interdict . to ban nuclear weapons; The dictator banned all newspapers and books that criticized his regime. Synonyms: taboo , proscribe , outlaw Antonyms: allow Archaic. to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon. to curse; execrate. noun the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction . Synonyms: taboo , interdict , proscription , prohibition informal denunciation or prohibition, as by public opinion. society's ban on racial discrimination. Synonyms: taboo Law. a proclamation. a public condemnation. Ecclesiastical. a formal condemnation; excommunication . a malediction; curse . ban 2 American [ban] / bæn / noun a public proclamation or edict. Ecclesiastical. bans, banns . (in the feudal system) the summoning of the sovereign's vassals for military service. the body of vassals summoned. ban 3 American [ban, bahn] / bæn, bɑn / noun (formerly) the governor of Croatia and Slavonia. History/Historical. a provincial governor of the southern marches of Hungary. ban 4 American [bahn] / bɑn / noun plural bani a Romanian coin, one 100th of a leu. ban 1 British / bæn / verb (tr) to prohibit, esp officially, from action, display, entrance, sale, etc; forbid to ban a book to ban smoking (tr) (formerly in South Africa) to place (a person suspected of illegal political activity) under a government order restricting his movement and his contact with other people archaic to curse "Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 noun an official prohibition or interdiction law an official proclamation or public notice, esp of prohibition a public proclamation or edict, esp of outlawry archaic public censure or condemnation archaic a curse; imprecation "Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 ban 2 British / bæn / noun (in feudal England) the summoning of vassals to perform their military obligations "Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 ban 3 British / bæn / noun a monetary unit of Romania and Moldova worth one hundredth of a leu "Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Usage What does ban mean? To ban is to forbid or prohibit something or someone, as in Fatima banned her children from using screens after 9 pm so they wouldn’ stay up all night playing video games. A ban is a law or rule that prohibits, or bans , something, as in The winter parking ban starts on December 1. A ban can also be an informal prohibition , such as by public opinion. Example: We had to ban the use of power tools for school projects after an unfortunate incident in shop class. Other Word Forms bannable adjective unbanned adjective Etymology Origin of ban 1 First recorded before 1000; Middle English bannen, Old English bannan “to summon, proclaim”; cognate with Old Norse banna to curse (probably influencing some senses of Middle English word), Old High German bannan; akin to Latin fārī “to speak,” Sanskrit bhanati “(he) speaks” Origin of ban 2 First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English, ban, ban(n)e, iban “a lord's proclamation or edict or summons,” Old English (ge)ban(n) “proclamation, ordinance, summons to arms” (derivative of bannan ); influenced in some senses by Old French ban (Anglicized as ban ), from the same Germanic source; see ban 1 Origin of ban 3 First recorded in 1605–15; from Serbo-Croatian bân, contracted from unattested bojan, bajan, said to be from a Turkic personal name, perhaps introduced into the Balkans by the Avars; compare Medieval Greek bo(e)ános “governor” Origin of ban 4 First recorded in 1960–65; from Romanian, of uncertain origin, perhaps from Serbo-Croatian bân “provincial governor”; see origin at ban 3 Explanation 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 refer to Jefferson's mistress if they don't want anyone reading about her. If your parents are upset by how much time you spend online, they might ban computers in the house. But if you're smart, you can just use your phone or laptop at school. To ban something is to put a ban on it. Something with a ban on it is said to be banned. A ban can vary from your grandmother's ban on people wearing shoes in her house to a government's ban on printing certain stories in the newspaper. Keep Reading on Vocabulary.com Vocabulary lists containing ban 100 SAT Words Beginning with "B" Looking to grow your vocabulary? Check out this interactive, curated word list from our team of English language specialists at Vocabulary.com – one of over 17,000 lists we've built to help learners worldwide! "The Civil Rights Movement" Interested in learning more words like this one? Our team at Vocabulary.com has got you covered! 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From BBC • May 5, 2026 And so they’ve tried to ban that too. From Slate • May 5, 2026 What if the Nazis ban the Karl May westerns, what if they call them un-German because they are set in the American Wild West? From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti Related Words bar exclude halt outlaw prevent prohibit proscribe restrict suppress Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023 Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.