The meaning of BAN is to prohibit especially by legal means; also : to prohibit the use, performance, or distribution of. How to use ban in a sentence.

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.

If you are banned from doing something, you are officially prevented from doing it.

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.

be banned from doing something She's been banned from leaving the country while the allegations are investigated. (British English) He was banned from driving for six months.

To ban is to forbid or prohibit something or someone, as in Fatima banned her children from using screens after 9 pm so they wouldn’ stay up all night playing video games.

ban1 /bæn/ v., banned, ban•ning, n. v. to prohibit, forbid, or bar; interdict: [ ~ + obj]: The two countries agreed to ban the testing of nuclear weapons.[ ~ + obj + from ]: She was banned from competition. n. …

Forbidden; not allowed. Simple past tense and past participle of ban. Restaurants established a "smoking section," then some bold ones banned smoking altogether. Farm soil has been free of …

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English banned /bænd/ adjective [only before noun] not officially allowed to meet, exist, or be used Leaders of the banned party were arrested last night.