{
    "term": "ban",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "ban",
            "heSheIt": "bans"
        },
        "pastSimple": "banned",
        "pastParticiple": "banned",
        "ingForm": "banning"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to decide or say officially that something is not allowed",
            "sensetop": "ban somethingban something from something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This law bans the use of dangerous pesticides.",
                    "contextForm": "ban something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a list of **banned substances**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The use of these chemicals in homes was banned outright by the government in 2000."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a campaign to ban sugary drinks from schools",
                    "contextForm": "ban something from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Chemical weapons are banned internationally."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Congress has voted to ban online gambling."
                },
                {
                    "text": "MPs voted to ban hunting with dogs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's been a move to ban tobacco advertising."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He claimed that the government had tried to ban the book."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Trade in tiger products is banned under the convention."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "prohibit",
            "topics": ["Permission and obligation"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["effectively", "formally", "officially"],
                "verb + ban": ["attempt to", "seek to", "try to"],
                "preposition": ["from"],
                "phrases": [
                    "an attempt to ban something",
                    "a move to ban something",
                    "a decision to ban something"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to order somebody not to do something, go somewhere, etc., especially officially",
            "sensetop": "be banned from somethingbe banned from doing somethingbe banned",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was banned from the meeting.",
                    "contextForm": "be banned from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was banned from the road for ten months for drinking and driving."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's been banned from leaving the country while the allegations are investigated.",
                    "contextForm": "be banned from doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was banned from driving for six months."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The sprinter has been **banned for life** after failing a drugs test.",
                    "contextForm": "be banned"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["effectively", "formally", "officially"],
                "verb + ban": ["attempt to", "seek to", "try to"],
                "preposition": ["from"],
                "phrases": [
                    "an attempt to ban something",
                    "a move to ban something",
                    "a decision to ban something"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bæn/",
                "audio": "ba/ban/ban__gb_4.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bænz/",
                "audio": "ba/ban/bans__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bænd/",
                "audio": "ba/ban/banned__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbænɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ba/ban/banning__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bæn/",
                "audio": "ba/ban/ban__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bænz/",
                "audio": "ba/ban/bans__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bænd/",
                "audio": "ba/ban/banned__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈbænɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ba/ban/banning__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English bannan ‘summon by a public proclamation’, of Germanic origin, reinforced by Old Norse banna ‘curse, prohibit’; the noun is partly from Old French ban ‘proclamation, summons, banishment’."
}