banban2 ●●○ verb (past tense and past participle banned, present participle banning) [transitive] 
Smoking is banned in the building.ban somebody from doing something Charlie’s been banned from driving for a year.a banned substance/drug (=a drug that people competing in a sport are not allowed to take because it improves their performance)► see thesaurus at forbid—banning noun [uncountable]: the banning of trade unions
WORD ORIGINban2
Origin:
Old English bannan ‘to command people to come’VERB TABLE
ban
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | ban |
| he, she, it | bans | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | banned |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have banned |
| he, she, it | has banned | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had banned |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will ban |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have banned |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am banning |
| he, she, it | is banning | |
| you, we, they | are banning | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was banning |
| you, we, they | were banning | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been banning |
| he, she, it | has been banning | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been banning |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be banning |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been banning |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- "Lady Chatterley's Lover" was banned when it was first published.
- a new international treaty banning all nuclear tests
- Comics were banned in my house because my parents thought they weren't a good influence.
- Elephant ivory is banned in the U.S.
- Films like that should be banned!
- Many doctors now say that boxing should be banned.
- Relatives of the prisoners were banned from visiting them.
- She was banned from driving for 6 months.
- The government has banned public officials from accepting gifts from foreigners.
- And with one of the country's top competition climbers banned by his own governing body, the situation could deteriorate.
- Congress's effort to ban indecent materials on the Internet comes to the court March 19.
- Many of the buildings in the old town were six storeys high and the lanes so narrow that all but pedestrians were banned.
- The Senate gave President Clinton a victory Thursday when lawmakers sustained his veto of a bill banning certain late-term abortions.
- They had banned all transit flights across the port.
- Well, I would ban them too if I had my way.
THESAURUS
to tell someone in a very strong way that they must not do something or that something is not allowed: · His doctor had strictly forbidden him to drink alcohol.· It is forbidden to say such things.
to say that someone must not do or have something, and stop them doing or having it: · The company does not allow smoking inside the building.· Mobile phones are not allowed in school.
[not in passive] to not allow someone to do something. Not let is more informal than not allow: · My parents won’t let me stay out later than 11 o'clock.
[usually passive] if something is not permitted, a rule or law says that you must not do it. Not permit is more formal than not allow: · Candidates are not permitted to use dictionaries in this examination.· Parking is not permitted here after 8 am.
to say officially that people must not do or have something: · Parliament decided to ban fox-hunting.· The book was banned in many countries.
to say officially that an action is illegal and make a law or rule about this: · Acts of vandalism are prohibited.
[usually passive] to not allow someone to enter a place or do something, especially by preventing it officially: · Foreign journalists were barred from entering the country.
formal to say officially that people are not allowed to do something: · The law proscribes discrimination in the workplace.
Longman Language Activatorto not let someone enter to prevent someone from entering a place, for example by locking doors and windows, or building fences: keep out somebody: · He bought a new security system to keep out intruders.keep somebody out: · Family members can go in to visit him, but we need to keep everyone else out.keep somebody out of something: · Try to keep Ed out of the bedroom while I finish wrapping his present.
to shut a door, window etc in order to prevent someone from entering, especially because they would be interrupting you or annoying you: shut out somebody: · He slammed the door, shutting out the dogs.shut somebody out (of something): · John shut everybody out of the kitchen so that he could prepare his grand surprise.
to stop someone from entering a place by locking a door: lock somebody out/lock out somebody: · Her husband threw her out of the trailer without shoes or clothes and locked her out.lock somebody out of something: · I can't believe I locked myself out of the house again.
to refuse to allow someone to enter a country or a public place: refuse somebody entry: · Immigration officials refused her entry because they thought she was planning to stay.refuse entry to somebody: · The management reserves the right to refuse entry to anyone who is improperly dressed.
to refuse to let someone into a place where a public event is happening, especially because it is full: turn somebody away/turn away somebody: · Hundreds of disappointed fans were turned away at the gates.· The club's so popular, we have to turn people away every night.
to officially forbid someone from entering a building or area, especially because they have caused trouble or because it is dangerous for them to go there: · The tavern banned Ted for starting a fight.bar/ban somebody from something: · We've had to bar visitors from the garden because some of the pathways aren't safe.bar/ban somebody for life (=forbidden from entering for the rest of your life): · After the incident at the country club, Chuck was banned for life.
to tell someone that they must not do something to say that someone must not do something, and stop them doing it. Not allow is more formal than not let: not let somebody do something: · My parents won't let me stay out after 11 o'clock.not allow somebody to do something: · The university does not allow athletes to work during the school year.not allow something: · Joan and Bill don't allow smoking in their house.
to tell someone that they should not do something, especially because it is dangerous or harmful: · My mother always told us not to talk to strangers.· His doctor told him not to drink any alcohol while he was taking the tablets.
formal to say clearly and strongly that someone should not do something: · Their religion forbids the eating of pork.forbid somebody to do something: · The management forbids employees to accept tips from customers.forbid somebody (from) doing something: · They were forbidden from entering the sacred chamber.
to tell someone that they cannot do something when they have asked for your permission to do it: · He wanted to use the car tonight but I said no.· She wanted to go to the conference but her boss said she couldn't take the day off from work.
to officially forbid something - use this about activities that are forbidden by law or agreement, especially because they are dangerous: · Many doctors now say that boxing should be banned.· a new international treaty banning all nuclear testsban somebody from (doing) something: · Relatives of the prisoners were banned from visiting them.
to forbid an activity by making it illegal: · International Law prohibits the use of chemical weapons.· The U.S. prohibited all flights to the country while the war was in progress.prohibit somebody from doing something: · Mexican law prohibits the clergy from teaching in universities and schools.
to completely forbid something by making it illegal: · Attempts to outlaw abortion have so far been unsuccessful.· Slavery was not officially outlawed in Australia until 1859.
if a government or organization blacklists someone, they keep a record of their name in order to forbid them doing a particular job or taking part in a particular activity: · Members of the Communist Party were blacklisted and had great difficulty finding work.· When she tried to get a loan she found she had been blacklisted.
to forbid books, films etc to forbid a book, film, play etc from being sold, seen, performed etc because it is considered morally harmful or politically dangerous: · Films like that should be banned!· Comics were banned in my house because my parents thought they weren't a good influence.· "Lady Chatterley's Lover" was banned when it was first published.
to examine films, books, letters etc and take out any parts that are considered to be morally harmful or politically dangerous: · The government censored all letters and telegrams going abroad during the war.· The court ruled that student newspapers could not be censored by school officials.
the practice of officially examining films, books, letters etc to take out any parts which are considered to be morally harmful or politically dangerous: · Any films that are shown here have to pass government censorship.censorship of: · Angry journalists accused the government of censorship of free speech.
to forbid someone from taking part in an activity or sport to remove someone from their job or their school for a limited period of time as a punishment or in order to find out whether they have done something wrong: · Martinez was suspended for a week because he attacked another student.· The teacher has been suspended while the accusation is being investigated.suspend somebody for doing something: · Three police officers have been suspended for accepting bribes.
to officially state that someone is not allowed to do something, especially as a punishment for something bad they have done: ban somebody from doing something: · She was banned from driving for 6 months.· The government has banned public officials from accepting gifts from foreigners.
to officially state that someone is no longer allowed to take part in a competition or activity, because they have broken a rule: disqualify somebody from something: · Three athletes were disqualified from the championships after failing drugs tests.disqualify somebody from doing something: · He was fined £500, and disqualified from holding any political office.
to forbid someone from entering a place or taking part in an activity, especially because they have done something wrong: · Sorry, you can't come into this club - you're barred.be barred from doing something: · The fans were barred from ever attending football matches in England again.bar somebody from doing something: · In 1903 the New York School Board barred married women from teaching.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY doping offences a total ban on cigarette advertisingCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
(=a drug that people competing in a sport are not allowed to take because it improves their performance)
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES· French farmers have called for a ban on imports.
doping offences (=a legal order that forbids you to drive)· After the accident he faced a three-year driving ban.
(=be forbidden to drive by law)· Murray was banned from driving for six months after admitting to speeding.
· The ban on commercial whaling can only be enforced with the international cooperation.
(also a ban on exports)· During the crisis, France imposed an export ban on British beef.· The ban on exports was lifted in June.
(=stop them completely)· In retaliation, Britain banned exports of cloth to France.
(=make them illegal)· The organization wants the government to ban imports of exotic birds.
· The US imposed an import ban on several types of fish.
(=used mainly to refer to illegal drugs)· Any player found guilty of using banned substances faces the prospect of a lengthy suspension.
a total ban on cigarette advertising· He supports parental notification and opposes government funding, but does not advocate a constitutional amendment banning abortion.· The Senate gave President Clinton a victory Thursday when lawmakers sustained his veto of a bill banning certain late-term abortions.· The bill would have banned an abortion procedure known to health professionals as intact dilation and extraction.· Last month the senator complicated their task by reiterating his support for some exceptions to a constitutional amendment banning abortion.· Clinton on April 10 vetoed a bill that would have banned so-called partial birth abortions.· Clinton would support language banning the abortion technique as an elective procedure, another White House aide said.
· The bill would also ban political action committee contributions to federal candidates.
· Law Local laws may ban particular activities.· However, Gordon had in the meantime banned all patient activities with outsiders.· In 1979 he was expelled from the National Assembly and was subsequently banned from political activity.· In September the government introduced legislation in parliament banning all such activity.· Palau's constitution bans nuclear activity unless agreed by at least 75 percent of voters.
· Britain bans cigarette advertising on television, but, with tough restrictions, allows other tobacco advertising.· New Zealand banned all advertising of tobacco in 1990.· The debate is not about banning the advertising of tobacco.· Okay, so we don't ban beer advertising, just lager advertising.· The organisers should accept their responsibility and ban tobacco advertising.
· The same Bill will ban the remaining forms of secondary action, and outlaw closed shop agreements altogether.· Mike Leavitt has signed into law a bill banning public schools from granting recognition or access to gay or lesbian student groups.· The Senate gave President Clinton a victory Thursday when lawmakers sustained his veto of a bill banning certain late-term abortions.· Y., has introduced a bill to ban federal funds from being spent on programs that teach ebonics as a language.· The bill would have banned an abortion procedure known to health professionals as intact dilation and extraction.· The bill would also ban political action committee contributions to federal candidates.· But with his veto this week of a bill that would have banned lobbyist gifts, the perplexed-bear analogy no longer works.· This year, the state Legislature spent months debating a bill that would have banned the teaching of evolution as fact.
· Just in the past year, the party has banned dozens of books and closed numerous publishing houses.· And thousands of his disciples, the seminarians who read his banned books, do so clandestinely.· The publicity generated by the government's efforts to ban the book ensured that it became an instant bestseller.· Consequently, he ruled, the Education Ministry had been perfectly within its rights to ban the book.
· Cronenberg maintains that a literal visualisation would have cost US$400 million and been banned in every country in the world.· Its use has been banned in six countries and restricted in 19.· The book is banned in several countries and has not been publicised.
· In court he was banned from keeping animals for 2 years.· But his bid backfired when Anne got a court order banning Bill, 70, from living within 20 miles of her.· The company has already obtained an interim interdict at the Court of Session banning the inciting or organising of mass picketing.· But a court order bans him from any contact with the baby.
· Judge Angus Stroyan sentenced him to 12 months in jail and banned him from driving for two years.· He was banned from driving for 6 months and ordered to do 200 hours of community service.· He was banned from driving for a year.· Both were also banned from driving for a year and ordered to pay £25 costs.· His father, Earl Bathurst, was banned from driving after a drink-drive conviction 4 years ago.
· This drug is banned under the 1971 Misuse of Drugs Act.· The drug was banned more than 20 years later when the adults who were exposed in utero developed vaginal and testicular cancers.· Although the pure drug was banned it was not certain whether a naturally-occurring substance containing the drug was illegal.· Texas banned the sale of ephedrine to minors after ten teenagers were taken to emergency rooms after overdosing on the drug.· The drug has been banned in Great Britain since 1992.
· More than 90 countries drafted a treaty in September that would ban export and use of anti-personnel mines.
· Could the government ban union membership amongst civil servants working at its intelligence headquarters without consulting union leaders?· On Nov. 18 in a crackdown on corruption the government banned the heads of state structures from commercial activities.· In a separate directive, the government banned the broadcasting of rebel propaganda, comments, and interviews.· Should governments be free to ban imports of things they fear will become extinct?· After those killings, the federal government banned the import of semi-automatic weapons.
· Should governments be free to ban imports of things they fear will become extinct?· About 20 of the weapons, banned for private import by federal law in 1989, were resold for substantial profit.· After those killings, the federal government banned the import of semi-automatic weapons.
· Sean Pierce of Fort Smith, Arkansas, was charged with violating a law banning the public display of obscene material.· By contrast, it said, the Florida law simply banned all cross-burning.· Certain religions may prohibit particular types of food, alcoholic drink or restrict dress. Law Local laws may ban particular activities.· We are now circulating petitions calling for a federal law to ban handguns.· In 2000 they are breaking a law that bans proselytising by foreigners.· Background: A New Jersey law banned the importation of waste materials from outside the state.· More and more states were adopting laws which banned the sale of alcohol.
· The same applied to traditional football except that in this case legislation merely banned the game from the public highway.· Federal legislation banning narcotics had already been enacted three years earlier and the prohibition of alcohol was only two years away.· The legislation also bans the practice of paying incentives to doctors to prescribe expensive brand name medicines.· They said Congress' recent legislation banning federal funds for doctor-assisted suicide will make passage of any new state law more difficult.· The President signed legislation banning discrimination against the disabled on June 26.· Congress is considering legislation that would ban such donations.· In September the government introduced legislation in parliament banning all such activity.· The government finally agreed to fresh negotiations and promised not to proceed with legislation on banning strikes for two years.
· The government, nervous about the nobility's reaction to the agreement, issued an order banning tournaments.· The bill would abolish the distinction between domestic and international banning orders.· But his bid backfired when Anne got a court order banning Bill, 70, from living within 20 miles of her.· At the start of the trial Fujisaki issued an order banning anyone from contacting jurors.· Currency crisis A government order banning the sale of luxury items was extended on Nov. 18.· But a court order bans him from any contact with the baby.· Marchers gathered in defiance of a government order that banned May Day celebrations and protests.
· It stipulated that neutrality should be guaranteed by banning them from accepting party political positions or speaking publicly on behalf of political parties.· Many observers argue that banning political parties is counter-productive because it forces moderates into more extreme positions.· But they are banned from party membership and can not vote for the party at election time.· Husayn suspended the constitution, declared martial law, banned all political parties and arrested hundreds of politicians.· Separate legislation passed on the same day banned political party cells in state and government bodies.
· The legislation also bans the practice of paying incentives to doctors to prescribe expensive brand name medicines.· It also banned the practice of transporting pepper-sprayed suspects in a prone position, saying the practice could contribute to suffocation.
· Forbes said he disapproves of abortion, but he has refused to endorsed a constitutional amendment banning the procedure.· The bill would have banned an abortion procedure known to health professionals as intact dilation and extraction.
· But Mars say it's unfair that Walls have banned other products from their freezers.· Thirty-four California cities have banned its product.· It even banned products with parts and components made by boycotted firms.· Background: Hammer v. Dagenhart concerned an act of Congress that banned the products of child labor from interstate commerce.
· There is no proposal to ban cigarettes - only their advertising and promotion.
· Traders must display a notice banning sales to under 16 year olds.· Can schools ban the sale of underground publications on campus?· However, it's already outlawed using the plates on public roads and now it's to ban their sale.· Texas banned the sale of ephedrine to minors after ten teenagers were taken to emergency rooms after overdosing on the drug.· Where a device or software has lawful uses, it would obviously be unsatisfactory to ban its sale.· In addition: Vermont banned the sale of new cars that use ozone-depleting chemicals in their air-conditioning units.· But it recently forced the government to promise new laws banning sales of alcohol.· More and more states were adopting laws which banned the sale of alcohol.
· The state banned all fishing in a 105-square-mile area in the Block Island Sound on Sunday.
· Appendix 1 species are banned from all international trade, except where special licensing arrangements apply.· The agreements expired in 1992 and were not renewed, because they afforded the kind of protection banned under international trade agreements.· The Reptile Protection Trust wants to ban the trade in pet turtles.· Parliament in its wisdom or folly has banned all such trade, true enough.
· Next week he will appeal to the Senate to ratify a global treaty to ban chemical weapons.
· We have banned the use of veal crates, and taken action to ensure humane slaughter.· More than 90 countries drafted a treaty in September that would ban export and use of anti-personnel mines.· It introduced a code of conduct for political parties, banning the use of language likely to incite violence or hatred.· International action is now needed to ban the use of gill-nets by amateur fishermen.· The latest outcome is there is move to ban the use of electronics on the lake.· It said it would also seek to ban the fungicides' use on tomatoes, potatoes and bananas.· But the industry is rejecting growing calls for legislation to ban the use of gene test results in assessing cover.· And it was only last November that the government banned its use for all farm animals.
· Dole said the assault weapons ban did not work, because many of the weapons were altered to make them legal.· About 20 of the weapons, banned for private import by federal law in 1989, were resold for substantial profit.
VERB· But most insurance companies have decided not to cover banned breeds.
· Those Communist regimes which tried to ban religion were known for their cruelty.· California tried to ban the broadcast but failed.· These days it's Left-wing councillors and trendy heads who try to ban Xmas.· In effect they tried to ban laughter.
· Time allowed 00:19 Read in studio Another county council has voted to ban fox hunting on publicly-owned land.· Time allowed 06:31 Read in studio A council has voted to ban foxhunting on all its parks and open spaces.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
to say that something must not be done, seen, used etc SYN prohibit OPP allow: - Cine Blitz International publisher Rajesh Mehra attacked the blanket ban.
- His support for a 15-month blanket ban on strikes suggests that he is still not wholly aware of this fact.
- One of the most urgent measures is a blanket ban on all animal and bone meal in animal feed.
- The ban is a blanket ban covering all marches or all marches of a particular class such as political marches.
- The existing blacklist of substances not to be dumped at sea would be superseded by the blanket ban.
- The idea behind this imposition of blanket bans was to prevent the temptation to discriminate against particular marches.
- The state bar would prefer to set a blanket rule governing all types of lawyers.
- They already had been instructed to avoid Simpson coverage, but Fujisaki expanded his order to a blanket ban on all news.
Smoking is banned in the building.ban somebody from doing something Charlie’s been banned from driving for a year.a banned substance/drug (=a drug that people competing in a sport are not allowed to take because it improves their performance)► see thesaurus at forbid—banning noun [uncountable]: the banning of trade unions