ban
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 →
2) A ban is a rule that stops something from being done. tree →
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 →
- The town banned plastic bags. tree →
- He was banned from playing for two games. tree →
- There is a ban on smoking in the park. tree →
- Ball games are banned on the grass. tree →
- The school banned fizzy drinks. tree →
- Fishing is banned in this lake. tree →
- They came from Rome with a papal decree--a ban, or bull, against the widow who had dared to offend the pious bishop. tree →
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.
- Many people think tanks are too small for such far-swimming animals, and some countries have banned dolphin shows.
- Free-range hens can go outside, caged hens live inside buildings, and many countries have banned the smallest cages.
- Slug pellets can harm hedgehogs and birds, and the most harmful kind was banned in Britain.
- Black Sea dolphins were hunted for oil and meat until hunting was banned, in the Soviet Union in 1966.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «ban» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.