ban
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1.2
- noun
- /bæn/
:
prohibición
- The city has implemented a ban on smoking in all public parks.
- lift the ban
- impose a ban
- enforce a ban
Outright travel bans can hurt more than help.
- Outright travel bans can hurt more than help.
- Well, but you there's been a global ban on bio weapons.
- I say give him a three month ban and let the kid play.
- Yeah, I mean, so obviously my initial ban was was four years.
- So it's time for Trump to say Aloha to his travel ban and.
- A bigger question though is whether this crypto ban will work at all.
- What I am wondering is where is the ban on men, men's ejaculation?
- to do a major think with the ban at the time.
Examples
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The UK now has a complete ban on the trade of all ivory.
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Voters here in Wisconsin passed a ban on same-sex marriage in the fall of 2006.
Academic text (2011) -
I say give him a three month ban and let the kid play.
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My guess is there will be a total abortion ban in the next couple months.
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-A complete ban on immigration.
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The travel ban is lifted and I think we should all go to Italy.
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Likewise, a widespread legal ban on abortion failed to stop the practice.
Academic text (2008) -
Should Congress reinstate the Assault Weapons Ban?
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The topic was the most controversial issue on this year's Maryland ballot, the gun ban referendum.
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Proponents of the ban, as well as Trump's base of support, were buoyed by the news.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
335
6.1
An official rule that prevents someone from doing something
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6.8
A government order that stops trade with a country or limits goods sent to it
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3.5
An official instruction from a court telling someone to do or stop doing something
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8.0
An order from a court that stops someone from doing something
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4.4
An official rule that stops people from doing something
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7.2
An official order from a person or government in power that people must follow
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8.9
An official order by a court or authority that stops someone from doing something
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3.9
Making something not allowed by law or officials
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7.7
A rule that limits what people can do
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8.8
An official rule that bans something or someone, usually by law
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8.1
An official order that stops a person or group from doing certain things
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7.2
An official decision not to accept a claim, for example a tax expense
An official order not to do something
Compounds
- Formal
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3.7
An agreement where countries promise not to explode nuclear bombs to see if they work
How Forbidden
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ban (official order) comes from an old word meaning a public 'command' or 'proclamation', and it is related to the English word banish, which means to force someone away. That's why a ban today is an authoritative rule that forbids something.