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band (BAND) (noun)
1. A group, a company, a party, or a crowd: A band of students brought their grievances before the dean.
2. An ensemble or group of wood winds, brass instruments, and percussion instruments: The band played for the enthusiastic audience until midnight.
3. A strip, circlet, strap; belt, collar, or ribbon: Aurora's hair was held in place by a velvet band.
2. An ensemble or group of wood winds, brass instruments, and percussion instruments: The band played for the enthusiastic audience until midnight.
3. A strip, circlet, strap; belt, collar, or ribbon: Aurora's hair was held in place by a velvet band.
A dark band of clouds was on the horizon.
band (BAND) (verb)
To unite, to join, or to gather as a group: Kirby, the student president, said that if we all band together, we can give our complaints greater strength.
banned (BAND) (verb)
Prohibited, restricted, barred, excluded, banished: Bicycles are banned from the new superhighway.
The school threatened to have the book banned because of its vulgar content.
The rock group was so bad that the audience wanted the untalented band to be banned.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group B; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc.
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banned (BAND)
Prohibited, restricted, barred, excluded, banished, debarred, forbidden; proscribed, suppressed, interdicted: "Bicycles are banned from the new superhighway." "They threatened to have the book banned."
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“banned”
ban (verb), bans; banned; banning
To prohibit or to forbid people from using or doing something: The star football player was banned from the team because he was using illegal drugs.
The school has banned students from using cell phones in all classes.
The city council is banning smoking in restaurants.
This entry is located in the following unit:
English Words in Action, Group B
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