banning

Questions about banning

What does banning mean?

banning means "an official prohibition or edict against something".

How many syllables are in banning?

banning has 2 syllables: ban-ning. The stress falls on "ban". In IPA it is /ˈbænɪŋ/.

What is another word for banning?

Close synonyms include ban, forbiddance, forbidding. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is banning a common word?

banning is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.