bandnoun
uk/bænd/us/bænd/band noun (MUSICIANS)
A1 [ C, + sing/pl verb ] a group of musicians who play modern music together:
a group of young men or women who perform popular songs together and dance as a group:
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- The band played a familiar tune which had everyone clapping along.
- After the band stopped playing, people drifted away in twos and threes.
- This week the band did the last gig of their world-tour.
- He used to be the lead singer in a rock 'n' roll band.
- The band played a slow dance.
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Groups of musicians
- big band
- boy band
- brass band
- chamber orchestra
- combo
- duo
- gamelan
- group
- military band
- octet
- orchestra
- philharmonic
- quartet
- quintet
- rhythm section
- septet
- sextet
- string quartet
- tribute band
- trio
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band noun (STRIP)
C2 [ C ] a thin, flat piece of cloth, elastic, metal, or other material put around something, or a long, narrow piece of colour, light, etc. that is different from what surrounds it:
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Bands, straps and strips
- bar
- belt
- binding
- blindfold
- collar
- dog collar
- duct tape
- elastic band
- raffia
- ribbon
- rubber band
- Scotch tape
- Sellotape
- strip
- swathe
- sweatband
- tape
- thong
- webbing
- wristband
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band noun (RANGE)
[ C ] a particular range of values, numbers, etc.:
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Range and limits
- all the way to idiom
- ambit
- bound
- boundary
- breadth
- catchment area
- condition
- limited
- meta-
- narrow
- narrowly
- parameter
- range
- spread
- stricture
- string
- strings attached idiom
- term
- the gamut
- threshold
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band noun (GROUP)
[ C, + sing/pl verb ] a group of people who share the same interests or beliefs, or who have joined together for a special purpose:
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Groups of people
- alliance
- an
- assemblage
- bee
- bevy
- corps
- crop
- gang
- ginger group
- group
- grouping
- harem
- quarter
- stable
- threesome
- throng
- tribe
- triumvirate
- vintage
- wing
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bandverb
uk/bænd/us/bænd/US UK ring to put a band on something, especially an animal: