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# ban

«ban» in Mova's school dictionary: **to officially say that it is not allowed** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (ban, bans, banned, banning); noun (a ban, bans)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To ban something is to officially say that it is not allowed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/ban/#m1)

2) A ban is a rule that stops something from being done. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/ban/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school life some things are banned: phones in class, running in corridors, junk food. In history and science lessons countries ban dangerous things (some chemicals, plastic bags, smoking indoors). In sport a player can be banned from games for breaking rules. Phrases: ban something, ban someone from doing, a ban on.

### examples

- Phones are banned in class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/ban/#x1)
- The town banned plastic bags. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/ban/#x2)
- He was banned from playing for two games. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/ban/#x3)
- There is a ban on smoking in the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/ban/#x4)
- Ball games are banned on the grass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/ban/#x5)
- The school banned fizzy drinks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/ban/#x6)
- Fishing is banned in this lake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/ban/#x7)
- They came from Rome with a papal decree--a ban, or bull, against the widow who had dared to offend the pious bishop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/ban/#x8)

### note

Double the n: banned, banning. «Ban someone from doing something». A ban is official, made by a person or group in charge. Opposite: allow, permit.

### In the corpora

- [It was reported that some schools first banned chatbots and later allowed them with rules; pupils should follow their school's current rules.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/23-news-tricked-bots-discoveries/10/)
- [Many people think tanks are too small for such far-swimming animals, and some countries have banned dolphin shows.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/235-animal-minds-dolphins-names-orca-grandmothers-and-whale-songs/15/)
- [Free-range hens can go outside, caged hens live inside buildings, and many countries have banned the smallest cages.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/287-farm-animals-milk-eggs-wool-and-meat/16/)
- [Slug pellets can harm hedgehogs and birds, and the most harmful kind was banned in Britain.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/338-the-vegetable-patch-peas-potatoes-tomatoes-and-slugs/14/)
- [Black Sea dolphins were hunted for oil and meat until hunting was banned, in the Soviet Union in 1966.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/374-ukraine-s-waters-danube-delta-pelicans-black-sea-dolphins-sturgeon-and-gobies/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ban» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/ban/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.