Standard Lemma guide

banning

name · noun · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈbænɪŋ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ænɪŋ
  • CMU ARPABET: B AE1 N IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

name

Meaning 2

A city in Riverside County, California, United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

The act by which something is banned; a prohibition.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

verb

Meaning 4

present participle and gerund of ban

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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5

noun

Meaning 5

an official prohibition or edict against something

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ban, forbiddance, forbidding

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: prohibition

Narrower terms: test ban

History

Etymology

From Middle English banning, bannyng, bonnyng, equivalent to ban + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian banning, Dutch banning, German Low German Banning, German Bannung.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.