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Noun ban has 5 senses
- prohibition, ban, proscription - a decree that prohibits something
--1 is a kind of decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript
--1 has particulars:
- ban - 100 bani equal 1 leu
--2 is a kind of Moldovan monetary unit
- ban - 100 bani equal 1 leu
--3 is a kind of Romanian monetary unit
--3 is a part of leu
- ban, banning, forbiddance, forbidding - an official prohibition or edict against something
--4 is a kind of prohibition
--4 has particulars: test ban
- Bachelor of Arts in Nursing, BAN - a bachelor's degree in nursing
--5 is a kind of bachelor's degree, baccalaureate
Verb ban has 4 senses
- ban - prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure; "Smoking is banned in this building"
--1 is one way to forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
- ban, censor - forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)
--2 is one way to outlaw, criminalize, criminalise, illegalize, illegalise
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue ban the movie
- banish, ban - ban from a place of residence, as for punishment
--3 is one way to expel, throw out, kick out
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball - expel from a community or group
--4 is one way to expel, throw out, kick out
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
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