ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Banned

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /bænd/ · Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Banned is a verb meaning simple past and past participle of ban.

Meaning

simple past and past participle of ban.

More Meanings

  1. Forbidden; not allowed.

Example Sentences

As the world's drug habit shows, governments are failing in their quest to monitor every London window-box and Andean hillside for banned plants.
The London-based Free Tibet Campaign said at least 500 Tibetans had protested in the province's Luqu county on Saturday, where they burned Chinese flags and flew the banned Tibetan flag.

Synonyms for banned

Depending on context, synonyms include prohibited, proscribed, forbidden, impermissible, illegal, illicit.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include prohibited, illegal, forbidden, off-limits, no-go, illicit.

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