- 1ban something to decide or say officially that something is not allowed synonym prohibit Chemical weapons are banned internationally. a campaign to ban smoking in public places
Want to learn more?
Find out which words work together and produce more natural sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.
- 2[usually passive] to order someone not to do something, go somewhere, etc., especially officially ban somebody from something He was banned from the meeting. ban somebody from doing something She's been banned from leaving Texas while the allegations are investigated.
verb jump to other results
NAmE//bæn//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they ban he / she / it bans
past simple banned
-ing form banning
Check pronunciation: ban