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# ban

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

«ban» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To ban something is to officially say that it is not allowed. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/ban/#m2)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/ban/#x1)
- The town banned plastic bags. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/ban/#x2)
- He was banned from playing for two games. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/ban/#x3)
- There is a ban on smoking in the park. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/ban/#x4)
- Ball games are banned on the grass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/ban/#x5)
- The school banned fizzy drinks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/ban/#x6)
- Fishing is banned in this lake. [tree →](https://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://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 Jewish tradition

Here "My ban" means a people set apart for God's destruction as a judgment. The Hebrew word is "cherem", something devoted to God that may not be used by people.

**Interpretation.** In the tradition, a cherem is something completely given over to God, sometimes as punishment for a nation's evil. Later Jewish communities used the same word for being shut out of the community.

### Examples

- For My sword hath drunk its fill in heaven; behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of My ban, to judgment. (Prophets ISA.34.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/ban/#x1)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ban» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/ban/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ban» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ban.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «ban» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/ban/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ban» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/ban.html) on Mova free.