Synonym: bar, block, exclude, forbid, obstruct, outlaw, prohibit, shut out. Antonym: approval, approve, consent, lessee, permission, permit, sanction. Similar words: band, urban, Cuban, husband, banker, banquet, abandon, banking. Meaning: [bæn] n. 1. a decree that prohibits something 2. 100 bani equal 1 leu in Moldova 3. 100 bani equal 1 leu in Romania 4. an official prohibition or edict against something 5. a bachelor's degree in nursing. v. 1. prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure 2. forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper) 3. ban from a place of residence, as for punishment 4. expel from a community or group.
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(91) Members of all parties endorsed a ban on land mines.
(92) Unions regard the government's intention to ban overtime as the thin end of the wedge.
(93) Good books have a way of outliving those who want to ban them.
(94) The council has imposed a ban on alcohol in the city parks.
(95) The European Commission has urged France to lift its ban on imports of British beef.
(96) The committee does not have the power to repeal the ban.
(97) In the end the police decided not to ban the march.
(98) The government plans to lift its ban on cigar imports.
(99) The police are more than likely to ban the match.
(100) The advertising ban is a denial of freedom of speech.
(101) A total smoking ban has been imposed throughout the building.
(102) The ban was imposed after the magazine published an article satirising the government.
(103) Many people were drinking in the streets[Sentencedict.com], in flagrant defiance of the ban.
(104) Whaling in Australia was stopped. But the Australian government went further and proposed a global ban.
(105) He is about to begin a three-match ban after his third sending-off of the season.
(106) The government announced its move to ban smoking in public spaces.
(107) She was given a large fine and a two-year driving ban.
(108) The students took to the streets,[Sentencedict] defying a ban on political gatherings.
(109) The union imposed an overtime ban in protest at the sacking of two workers.
(110) Norman Schwarzkopf, advocate an immediate international ban.
(111) Original sentence: Three-year driving ban and a fine.
(112) A total ban on all advertising and promotion.
(113) He was given a three-year driving ban.
(114) We must also pursue a comprehensive test ban treaty.
(115) He still stands for repealing the assault weapons ban.
(116) Original sentence: Two years' probation and three-year driving ban.
(117) The ban was backdated to midnight on Monday.
(118) A ban on tobacco ads aimed at the young.
(119) And there's some doubt as to whether the council can make its tenant farmers enforce the ban.
(120) President Clinton is on the verge of deciding how best to pursue an international ban on land mines.