Banned — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)

prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈɑːɹbənˌɪmaɪd/

🇬🇧British English

/ˌapɐlˈeɪʃənz/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˌapɐlˈeɪʃənz/

2 syllables Say it as /kˈɑːɹbənˌɪmaɪd/.

Examples

Smoking is banned in this building

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

ostracize cast out censor prohibited banish ban blackball ostracise shun

Parts of Speech

verb	forbid the public distribution of ( a movie or a newspaper)
verb	prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure “Smoking is banned in this building”
verb	ban from a place of residence, as for punishment
verb	expel from a community or group
adjective	forbidden by law

Word Forms

ban	noun	an official prohibition or edict against something
banishment	noun	the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)
ostracism	noun	the state of being banished or ostracized (excluded from society by general consent)
blackball	noun	the act of excluding someone by a negative vote or veto

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

verboten

die öffentliche Verbreitung (eines Films oder einer Zeitung) verbieten

🇫🇷French

interdit

interdire la diffusion publique de (un film ou un journal)

🇪🇸Spanish

prohibido

Prohibir la distribución pública de (una película o un periódico).

🇮🇹Italian

vietato

vietare la distribuzione pubblica di (un film o un giornale)

🇳🇱Dutch

verboden

de openbare distributie verbieden van (een film of een krant)

🇵🇹Portuguese

banido

proibir a distribuição pública de (um filme ou um jornal)

🇷🇺Russian

запрещен

запретить публичное распространение (фильма или газеты)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पर प्रतिबंध लगा दिया

(किसी फिल्म या अखबार) के सार्वजनिक वितरण पर रोक लगाएं

🇧🇩Bengali

নিষিদ্ধ

(একটি চলচ্চিত্র বা একটি সংবাদপত্র) পাবলিক বিতরণ নিষিদ্ধ

🇮🇳Tamil

தடை செய்யப்பட்டது

(ஒரு திரைப்படம் அல்லது செய்தித்தாள்) பொது விநியோகத்தை தடைசெய்

🇮🇳Telugu

నిషేధించారు

(సినిమా లేదా వార్తాపత్రిక) యొక్క ప్రజా పంపిణీని నిషేధించండి

🇮🇳Marathi

प्रतिबंधित

(चित्रपट किंवा वर्तमानपत्र) च्या सार्वजनिक वितरणास मनाई करा

🇮🇳Gujarati

પ્રતિબંધિત

(એક મૂવી અથવા અખબાર) ના જાહેર વિતરણ પર પ્રતિબંધ

🇮🇳Kannada

ನಿಷೇಧಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ

ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ವಿತರಣೆಯನ್ನು ನಿಷೇಧಿಸಿ (ಚಲನಚಿತ್ರ ಅಥವಾ ಪತ್ರಿಕೆ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

നിരോധിച്ചു

(ഒരു സിനിമയോ പത്രമോ) പൊതുവിതരണം നിരോധിക്കുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪਾਬੰਦੀਸ਼ੁਦਾ

(ਇੱਕ ਫਿਲਮ ਜਾਂ ਅਖਬਾਰ) ਦੀ ਜਨਤਕ ਵੰਡ ਨੂੰ ਮਨ੍ਹਾ ਕਰੋ

🇵🇰Urdu

پابندی لگا دی

(ایک فلم یا اخبار) کی عوامی تقسیم سے منع کریں

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

禁止

禁止公开发行（电影或报纸）

🇯🇵Japanese

禁止された

（映画や新聞）の公衆頒布を禁止する

🇰🇷Korean

금지된

(영화나 신문)의 공개 배포를 금지하다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bị cấm

cấm phổ biến rộng rãi (một bộ phim hoặc một tờ báo)

🇹🇭Thai

ห้าม

ห้ามเผยแพร่สู่สาธารณะ (ภาพยนตร์หรือหนังสือพิมพ์)

🇮🇩Indonesian

dilarang

melarang distribusi publik (film atau surat kabar)

🇵🇭Filipino

pinagbawalan

ipagbawal ang pampublikong pamamahagi ng ( isang pelikula o isang pahayagan)

🇲🇾Malay

diharamkan

melarang pengedaran awam (filem atau akhbar)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

محظور

منع التوزيع العام لـ (فيلم أو صحيفة)

🇮🇷Persian

ممنوع شد

ممنوعیت توزیع عمومی (فیلم یا روزنامه)

🇹🇷Turkish

yasaklandı

(bir filmin veya gazetenin) kamuya dağıtılmasını yasaklamak

🇮🇱Hebrew

אָסוּר

לאסור הפצה פומבית של (סרט או עיתון)

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