Question 1 · Quick check
ban
CEFRB2
/ˈbæn/
verb · noun
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In plain English
- 01
verb
To officially stop someone from doing something or going somewhere.
- 02
noun
An official order that stops something.
Examples
A ban was imposed on the use of chemical weapons.
The local school board would go to any length to ban that book.
At a glance
Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 2
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 4
Also pronounced
- [ˈbe̞ːn]
- [ˈbeə̯n] ~ [ˈbɛə̯n]
Deep Dive
verb
Extra meaningsTo anathematize; to pronounce an ecclesiastical curse upon; to place under a ban.
To summon; to call out.
To prohibit; to interdict; to proscribe; to forbid or block from participation.
More examples
In contextThere are movements to try to ban TV advertising.
Bare feet are banned in this establishment.
[…] he hath sente abroade to assemble his van and arriere van; wherby, and with the reste of his forces, he prepareth him selfe to enter this countrey; […]
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Origin
verb
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 भनति (bhánati), Armenian բան (ban) and perhaps Albanian ban...