Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

banned

/bænd/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.41 in modern English

Syllables: banned
IPA: /bænd/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of ban

adj

Forbidden; not allowed.

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /bænd/
British English: /bænd/

Inflected Forms

more banned (comparative) most banned (superlative)

Derived Forms

permabanned

Synonyms

disallowed prohibited proscribed banned forbidden impermissible illegal illicit interdicted nonallowed nonlicet proscript

Homonyms

band

Rhymes With

hand understand right-hand land left-hand stand band grand demand brand command planned

Questions

How do you pronounce banned?: The recorded pronunciation is /bænd/.
What does banned mean?: simple past and past participle of ban

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