(~s, ~ning, ~ned)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
To ~ something means to state officially that it must not be done, shown, or used.
Canada will ~ smoking in all offices later this year.
...a ~ned substance.
= prohibit
VERB: V n, V-ed
~ning (~nings)
No reason was given for the ~ning of the magazine...
Opposition groups see the ~nings as the latest stage of a government clampdown.
N-VAR
2.
A ~ is an official ruling that something must not be done, shown, or used.
The General also lifted a ~ on political parties.
N-COUNT: oft N on n
3.
If you are ~ned from doing something, you are officially prevented from doing it.
He was ~ned from driving for three years.
= bar
VERB: be V-ed from n, also V n