Noun ban has 5 senses
  1. prohibition, ban, proscription - a decree that prohibits something
    --1 is a kind of decree, edict, fiat, order, rescript
    --1 has particulars:
     banning-order; injunction, enjoining, enjoinment, cease and desist order; interdict, interdiction
    Derived forms: verb ban2, verb ban1
  2. ban - 100 bani equal 1 leu
    --2 is a kind of
    Moldovan monetary unit
  3. ban - 100 bani equal 1 leu
    --3 is a kind of
    Romanian monetary unit
    --3 is a part of leu
  4. ban, banning, forbiddance, forbidding - an official prohibition or edict against something
    --4 is a kind of prohibition
    --4 has particulars: test ban
    Derived forms: verb ban2, verb ban1
  5. Bachelor of Arts in Nursing, BAN - a bachelor's degree in nursing
    --5 is a kind of bachelor's degree, baccalaureate
,Verb ban has 4 senses
  1. ban - prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure; "Smoking is banned in this building"
    --1 is one way to
    forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow
    Derived forms: noun ban4, noun ban1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s VERB-ing
  2. ban, censor - forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)
    --2 is one way to outlaw, criminalize, criminalise, illegalize, illegalise
    Derived forms: noun ban4, noun ban1
    Sample sentence:
    Sam and Sue ban the movie
  3. banish, ban - ban from a place of residence, as for punishment
    --3 is one way to expel, throw out, kick out
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
  4. banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball - expel from a community or group
    --4 is one way to expel, throw out, kick out
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s somebody
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