What does ban mean? To ban is to forbid or prohibit something or someone, as in Fatima banned her children from using screens after 9 pm so they wouldn’ stay up all night playing
To ban something means to state officially that it must not be done, shown, or used. It was decided to ban smoking in all offices later this year. [VERB noun] Last year arms sales
Definition of ban verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
ban1 /bæn/ v., banned, ban•ning, n. v. to prohibit, forbid, or bar; interdict: [ ~ + obj]: The two countries agreed to ban the testing of nuclear weapons.[ ~ + obj + from ]: She
The verb to ban means to forbid something from being or happening. The word can also be used as a noun. A school board might put a ban on all books that refer to Jefferson's mistre