English dictionary
ban
nounAudio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- a decree that prohibits something
noun
- an official prohibition or edict against something
noun
- 100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania
noun
- 100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova
noun
- a logarithmic unit which measures information or entropy, based on base 10 logarithms and powers of 10.
verb
- prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure
verb
- forbid the public distribution of (a movie or a newspaper)
verb
- expel from a community or group
verb
- ban from a place of residence, as for punishment
Example sentences
{'source': 'https://en.wikipedia.org', 'text': "The ban pre-dates Shannon's use of bit as a unit of information by at least eight years, and remains in use in the early 21st Century."}
Smoking is banned in this building