ban
ban
(bæn )Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense bans , present participle banning , past tense, past participle banned
1. verb
Canada will ban smoking in all offices later this year. [VERB noun]
Last year arms sales were banned. [VERB noun]
...a banned substance. [VERB-ed]
banning Word forms: plural bannings variable noun
No reason was given for the banning of the magazine.
Opposition groups see the bannings as the latest stage of a government clampdown.
2. countable noun
A ban is an official ruling that something must not be done, shown, or used.
The General also lifted a ban on political parties. [+ on]
3. verb
If you are banned from doing something, you are officially prevented from doing it.
He was banned from driving for three years. [be VERB-ed + from]
[Also VERB noun]