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1. : to prohibit especially by legal means. ban discrimination. Is smoking banned in all public buildings? also : to prohibit the use, performance, or distribution of. ban a book. ban a pesticide. 2. : bar entry 2 sense 3c. banned from the U.N. 3. archaic : curse.
Meaning of banned in English. banned. Add to word list. past simple and past participle of ban. (Definition of banned from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of banned. banned. With all herbicides banned, manual weeding is usually a considerable cost factor in organic coffee production.
From Huffington Post. The moment something is banned, somebody in this country is breaking through it and going around it. From NPR. So much trouble in fact, that they banned him from graduating by suspending him. From Huffington Post. To get off the banned list, the judge recommended they get a lawyer. From NPR.
to forbid (= refuse to allow) something, especially officially: The film was banned (= the government prevented it from being shown) in several countries. [ + from + -ing verb ] She was banned from driv ing for two years. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to forbid someone or something.
n. 1. An excommunication or condemnation by church officials. 2. A prohibition imposed by law or official decree. 3. Censure, condemnation, or disapproval expressed especially by public opinion. 4. A summons to arms in feudal times. 5. Archaic A curse; an imprecation.
When something is banned, it's illegal or not allowed. If you're wearing a banned t-shirt to school, it means there's a rule forbidding that particular kind of shirt.
Synonyms for BANNED: prohibited, forbidden, outlawed, barred, illegal, proscribed, unauthorized, improper; Antonyms of BANNED: permitted, permissible, allowable, acceptable, legal, appropriate, approved, permissive.
