# bans

Pronunciation: say "BANZ" /bænz/

## Noun

1. Plural of ban. — plural of ban
   - Simple: Plural of ban. Use this form when talking about more than one ban.
   - _The new bans on single-use plastics affected restaurants across the country._
   - _Courts overturned several bans that violated free speech protections._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present indicative of ban. — third-person singular simple present indicative of ban
   - Simple: Third-person singular simple present of ban. Use it with he, she, or it.
   - _The new policy bans all personal vehicles from the city center on weekends._
   - _The league bans any athlete who fails a drug test._

## Noun

3. Archaic spelling of banns. *(archaic)* — Archaic spelling of banns.
   - Simple: Archaic spelling of banns. An old word for the church announcement of a coming marriage.
   - _The curate published the bans of marriage on three successive Sundays._
   - _No one rose to object when the bans were called in the village church._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/bans (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).