Dictionary entry details
• BAN (noun)
Meaning:
A decree that prohibits something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
ban; proscription; prohibition
Hypernyms ("ban" is a kind of...):
decree; edict; fiat; order; rescript (a legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ban"):
banning-order (an order that bans something)
cease and desist order; enjoining; enjoinment; injunction ((law) a judicial remedy issued in order to prohibit a party from doing or continuing to do a certain activity)
interdict; interdiction (a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity)
Meaning:
100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("ban" is a kind of...):
Moldovan monetary unit (monetary unit in Moldova)
Meaning:
100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("ban" is a kind of...):
Romanian monetary unit (monetary unit in Romania)
Holonyms ("ban" is a part of...):
leu (the basic unit of money in Romania)
Meaning:
An official prohibition or edict against something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
forbidding; banning; forbiddance; ban
Hypernyms ("ban" is a kind of...):
prohibition (refusal to approve or assent to)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ban"):
test ban (a ban on the testing of nuclear weapons that is mutually agreed to by countries that possess nuclear weapons)
Meaning:
A bachelor's degree in nursing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Bachelor of Arts in Nursing; BAN
Hypernyms ("BAN" is a kind of...):
baccalaureate; bachelor's degree (an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies)
• BAN (verb)
Meaning:
Prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
Smoking is banned in this building
Hypernyms (to "ban" is one way to...):
disallow; forbid; interdict; prohibit; proscribe; veto (command against)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
Meaning:
Forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
censor; ban
Hypernyms (to "ban" is one way to...):
criminalise; criminalize; illegalise; illegalize; outlaw (declare illegal; outlaw)
Domain category:
medium (an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ban"):
embargo (ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue ban the movie
Meaning:
Ban from a place of residence, as for punishment
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
banish; ban
Hypernyms (to "ban" is one way to...):
expel; kick out; throw out (force to leave or move out)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "ban"):
rusticate (send to the country)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Expel from a community or group
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
ostracize; ostracise; cast out; blackball; banish; shun; ban
Hypernyms (to "ban" is one way to...):
expel; kick out; throw out (force to leave or move out)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
