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bands (BAHNZ) (noun)
1. Small groups of musicians who play popular music together: The drummers of bands are a significant part of rock-and-roll bands and jazz bands.
2. Groups or gatherings of people with a common purpose or interest; a gathering of similar animals: Great bands of elk were roaming in the forest.

Several bands of local eco-activists gathered in the community hall.

banns (BAHNZ) (noun)
A public statement which announces that two people are going to be married: The banns of marriage were posted in the church.
bans (BAHNZ) (noun)
Statements, usually official, forbidding people from using or from doing something: The city has bans against smoking in all public buildings.

There were two announcements made today: The banns for Tracie's friends who are planning to be married next year and the municipal bans on bands playing loudly in the public park after midnight.

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maritime frequency bands (pl) (noun)
In the United States, a collection of radio frequencies that are used for communication between ships, or between ships and coastal stations: MARISAT uses the maritime frequency bands to make communication easier within the navigation system.
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band (BAND) (s) (noun), bands (pl)
1. A group, a company, a party, a body, a troop, a crowd, or a bunch: A band of students brought their grievances before the dean of the university.
2. Orchestras, an ensemble, groups: Two different musical bands played until midnight last evening.
3. A binding, a ribbon, a sash, a belt, a collar, a girdle: Daria's hair was held in place by a velvet band.

Dark bands of clouds were forming on the horizon indicating the coming of a rainstorm.

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band (verb), bands; banded; banding
1. To unite, to join, to consolidate; to gather as a group: If the students can band together, they are convinced that they can give their complaints greater strength.
2. To attach a tag or an identification marker to an animal so its movements can be tracked: The veterinarian was careful when she was banding Mary's dog.

Amazingly, when the dog was lost as a result of a storm, it was found by Alanna some miles away and because it was banded, she was able to return the dog to Mary.

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