Verb The school banned that book for many years. The city has banned smoking in all public buildings. The drug was banned a decade ago. Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to …

If something is banned, it has been stated officially that it must not be done, shown, or used. ...a banned book.

To prohibit (an action) or forbid the use of (something), especially by official decree: banned smoking in theaters; banned pesticides in parks. See Synonyms at forbid.

BANNED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of ban 2. past simple and past participle of ban. Learn more.

When something is banned, it's illegal or not allowed. If you're wearing a banned t-shirt to school, it means there's a rule forbidding that particular kind of shirt.

Something with a ban on it is said to be banned. A ban can vary from your grandmother's ban on people wearing shoes in her house to a government's ban on printing certain stories in the newspaper.

banned definition: not allowed or prohibited. Check meanings, examples, usage tips, pronunciation, domains, and related words. Discover expressions like "banned from the get-go", "banned in …

Definition of ban verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

ban in British English (bæn ) verb Word forms: bans, banning, banned 1. (transitive) to prohibit, esp officially, from action, display, entrance, sale, etc; forbid to ban a book

The film was banned (= the government prevented it from being shown) in several countries. [ + from + -ing verb ] She was banned from driv ing for two years.