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# band

«band» in Mova's school dictionary: **a group of musicians who play together: a rock band, a…** — 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

noun (band, bands); verb (band together — to join together)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A band is a group of musicians who play together: a rock band, a school band. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/band/#m1)

2) A band is a thin strip of material that goes round something: a rubber band, a hair band, a wedding band. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/band/#m2)

3) A band is a stripe of colour or a range between two limits: a band of cloud, an age band. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/band/#m3)

4) A band is a group of people who do something together: a band of robbers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/band/#m4)

5) To band together means to join as a group to do something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/band/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

At school, pupils join the school band or orchestra; in maths, pupils are sometimes grouped in «bands» by level, and bands on graphs show ranges. In science, rubber bands show stretching and elastic energy; colour bands appear in rainbows. In stories, a band of outlaws (Robin Hood) or travellers. Phrases: rubber band, marching band, school band, brass band, hair band, band together.

### examples

- My brother plays drums in a band. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/band/#x1)
- The school band played at assembly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/band/#x2)
- Put a rubber band around the cards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/band/#x3)
- She tied her hair back with a band. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/band/#x4)
- A band of rain is moving across the country. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/band/#x5)
- Robin Hood led a band of outlaws. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/band/#x6)
- The neighbours banded together to clean the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/band/#x7)
- Don’t you envy our pranceful bands? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/band/#x8)

### note

Countable: bands. A «band» (music) usually plays pop, rock, jazz or brass; an «orchestra» is a big group with string instruments. Do not confuse with «banned» (not allowed) — they sound almost the same. A «rubber band» is also called an «elastic band» (UK) or a «lacky band» (Australian slang).

### In the corpora

- ["Musical differences" and "taking a break" mean only what was said; nobody outside the band knows the rest.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/48-famous-people-are-people/12/)
- [Many famous bands changed their names early on, and it is smart to check nobody else already uses a name.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/4-starting-a-band/5/)
- [A cover is a song written by someone else; an original is one the band wrote itself.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/4-starting-a-band/8/)
- [A rehearsal is a practice session for a performance; a band cannot rehearse full songs if people do not turn up.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/4-starting-a-band/10/)
- [Many famous bands have split up after arguments about who decides things; good bands talk, vote or take turns.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/4-starting-a-band/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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