ban 1 of 2 transitive verb banned; banning : to prohibit or forbid especially by legal means (as by statute or order) ban solicitation also : to prohibit the use, performance, or distribution of

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. A ban is a law or rule that prohibits, or bans, something, as in The winter parking ban starts on December 1.

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. [countable] Law a prohibition by law: a ban on smoking.