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ban

UK/ˈbæn/ US/ˈbæn/ fairly common
verb (4) noun (5)

verb

1.

prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure

  • “Smoking is banned in this building”
2.

forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)

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3.

ban from a place of residence, as for punishment

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4.

noun

1.

a decree that prohibits something

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2.

100 bani equal 1 leu

3.

100 bani equal 1 leu

4.
5.

a bachelor''s degree in nursing

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Origin

Inherited from Middle English bannen (“to summon; to banish; to curse”), partly from Old English bannan (“to summon, command, proclaim, call out”), from Proto-West Germanic *bannan; and partly from Old Norse banna (“to prohibit; to curse”), both from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“to proclaim, to order; to summon; to ban; to curse, forbid”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂-new-ti ~ bʰh₂-n̥w-énti, innovative nasal-infixed zero-grade athematic present of *bʰeh₂- (“to say”). Cognate with Dutch bannen (“to ban, exile, discard”), German bannen (“to exile, to exorcise, captivate, excommunicate”), Swedish banna (“to ban, scold”), Vedic Sanskrit भन॑ति (bhánati), Armenian բան (ban) and perhaps Albanian banoj (“to reside, dwell”). See also banal, abandon.

Phrases

  • ban hammer
  • ban overtime
  • black ban
  • blanket ban
  • bonk ban
  • exit ban
  • green ban
  • overtime ban
  • total fire ban

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