Banning

[ban-ing]

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noun

a city in S California, near Los Angeles.

ban

[ban]

verb (used with object), banned, ban·ning.

to prohibit, forbid, or bar; interdict: to ban nuclear weapons; The dictator banned all newspapers and books that criticized his regime.

Archaic.

to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon.
to curse; execrate.

noun

the act of prohibiting by law; interdiction.

informal denunciation or prohibition, as by public opinion: society's ban on racial discrimination.

Law.

a proclamation.
a public condemnation.

Ecclesiastical. a formal condemnation; excommunication.

a malediction; curse.

Origin of ban

before 1000; Middle English bannen, Old English bannan to summon, proclaim; cognate with Old Norse banna to curse (probably influencing some senses of ME word), Old High German bannan; akin to Latin fārī to speak, Sanskrit bhanati (he) speaks

Related formsban·na·ble, adjectiveun·banned, adjective

Can be confusedband bannedbanns bans

Synonyms for ban

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1. taboo, outlaw, proscribe. 3. prohibition, proscription, interdict. 3, 4. taboo.

Antonyms for ban

1. allow.

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Related Words for banning

prohibit, bar, halt, prevent, suppress, outlaw, restrict, exclude, proscribe, inhibit, curse, blackball, disallow, interdict, enjoin, banish, illegalize

Examples from the Web for banning

Contemporary Examples of banning

Inside Higher Ed opened the question of banning frats in September after some schools began suspending fraternity activities.
Fraternities in a Post-UVA World
Samantha Allen
December 12, 2014
The idea of banning fraternities has been swirling around for the entirety of 2014.
Fraternities in a Post-UVA World
Samantha Allen
December 12, 2014
On the other hand, right-wing activists have lately said, banning displays interferes with the exercise of religion.
In Florida, ’Tis The Season for Satan
Jay Michaelson
December 7, 2014
“Banning the burqa” is really just a matter of public security and common sense.
Abu Dhabi Stabbing: Why Law Enforcement Hates The Niqab & Burqa
Christopher Dickey
December 3, 2014
Many countries have now gone as far as banning exotic animals from circus arenas to prevent such monstrosities.
How the Circus Got a Social Conscience
Justin Jones
November 7, 2014

Historical Examples of banning

I beetled it down to the nearest phone and got hold of my BANning number.
A Spaceship Named McGuire
Gordon Randall Garrett
A demand was made for the excommunication of the translator and the banning of his work.
Greece
J.A. McClymont
White to the lips, Banning saluted, and executed the orders.
The Argus Pheasant
John Charles Beecham
Banning suggested a sortie in force to intimidate the Dyaks.
The Argus Pheasant
John Charles Beecham
She said, "Banning, do you know what a Jane Austen villain is?"
A World Apart
Samuel Kimball Merwin

British Dictionary definitions for banning

ban

verb bans, banning or banned

(tr) to prohibit, esp officially, from action, display, entrance, sale, etc; forbidto ban a book; to ban smoking

(tr) (formerly in South Africa) to place (a person suspected of illegal political activity) under a government order restricting his movement and his contact with other people

archaic to curse

noun

an official prohibition or interdiction

law an official proclamation or public notice, esp of prohibition

a public proclamation or edict, esp of outlawry

archaic public censure or condemnation

archaic a curse; imprecation

Word Origin for ban

Old English bannan to proclaim; compare Old Norse banna to forbid, Old High German bannan to command

ban

noun

(in feudal England) the summoning of vassals to perform their military obligations

Word Origin for ban

C13: from Old French ban, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German ban command, Old Norse bann ban 1

ban

noun plural bani (ˈbɑːnɪ)

a monetary unit of Romania and Moldova worth one hundredth of a leu

Word Origin for ban

from Romanian, from Serbo-Croat bān lord

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Word Origin and History for banning

ban

Old English bannan "to summon, command, proclaim," from Proto-Germanic *bannan "proclaim, command, forbid" (cf. Old High German bannan "to command or forbid under threat of punishment," German bannen "banish, expel, curse"), originally "to speak publicly," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak" (cf. Old Irish bann "law," Armenian ban "word;" see fame (n.)).

Main modern sense of "to prohibit" (late 14c.) is from Old Norse cognate banna "to curse, prohibit," and probably in part from Old French ban, which meant "outlawry, banishment," among other things (see banal) and was a borrowing from Germanic. The sense evolution in Germanic was from "speak" to "proclaim a threat" to (in Norse, German, etc.) "curse."

The Germanic root, borrowed in Latin and French, has been productive, e.g. banish, bandit, contraband, etc. Related: Banned; banning. Banned in Boston dates from 1920s, in allusion to the excessive zeal and power of that city's Watch and Ward Society.

ban

n.2

"governor of Croatia," from Serbo-Croatian ban "lord, master, ruler," from Persian ban "prince, lord, chief, governor," related to Sanskrit pati "guards, protects." Hence banat "district governed by a ban," with Latinate suffix -atus. The Persian word got into Slavic perhaps via the Avars.

ban

n.1

"edict of prohibition," c.1300, "proclamation or edict of an overlord," from Old English (ge)bann "proclamation, summons, command" and Old French ban, both from Germanic; see ban (v.).