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Meaning band meaning

What does band mean?
Definitions in simple English

band Noun

— A band is a group of people working together] Those in the army who fought closely together in the war were called a band of brothers. — A band is a group of people who play different instruments together. It can be of any size. The band played loud music. — A band is piece of material, often metal, with the shape of a circle. A band was placed around the box to prevent it from breaking open. — A band is a simple ring for the finger. The man gave his wife a band of gold at the wedding.

band Verb

— To band together is to get together in a group. The friends banded together in school.

band

— noun (= set, lot) an unofficial association of people or groups the smart set goes there they were an angry lot — noun instrumentalists not including string players — noun (= banding) a stripe or stripes of contrasting color chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands the black and yellow banding of bees and wasps — noun an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material — noun a thin flat strip of flexible material that is worn around the body or one of the limbs (especially to decorate the body) — noun a range of frequencies between two limits — verb bind or tie together, as with a band — noun (= dance band) a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing — noun a thin flat strip or loop of flexible material that goes around or over something else, typically to hold it together or as a decoration — noun a driving belt in machinery — noun a restraint put around something to hold it together — noun a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration) — noun (= ring) jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger she had rings on every finger he noted that she wore a wedding band — noun (= isthmus) a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure — verb (= ring) attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify ring birds band the geese to observe their migratory patterns

Synonyms band synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as band?

band English » English

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Topics band topics

What do people use band to talk about?
Social behavior Social activity Music

Musician
Physical actions Arrange Tie

Rope, string
Universe, creation Sky Weather

Cloud
Language and thought Communication Mass communication

Radio, television
Social behavior Social activity Come together, form a group

Crowd, group
Social behavior Conflict War Military organization

Army

  • What words refer to a group of soldiers in the army?
    army band
Work and occupation Tool

Fastening tool
States Quality Shape

Line
Person Healthy

Treat disease
Social behavior Social activity

Come together, form a group
Social behavior Social activity Music

Play music
Social behavior Social activity Music

Musical instrument
Daily life Clothing

Clothes for special people

Conjugation band conjugation

How do you conjugate band?

band · verb

Examples band examples

How do I use band in a sentence?

Simple sentences

That rock band gives me a headache.
The band plays really well.
Tom is a bassist in a band.
The drummer is also the lead singer in that band.
Bang guitarist will become a dad for the second time, announces a spokesperson for the band.
A band led the parade through the city.
I play in a band.
The brass band played three marches.
What time will the band start playing?
The band has played a march.
Can I have a Band-Aid?
Could you send up a Band-Aid and some medicine?
The parade was led by an army band.
My school has a band.
I belong to the brass band.
The movement of the inhabitants drove the band of thugs out of the town.
He saw a small Band-Aid on her left knee.
Does this club have a live band, or is there a DJ?
I'm listening to this band.
A band of robbers attacked the party.
He belongs to the brass band.
The wound stopped hurting after he put a band-aid on it.
What's your favorite band?
I never thought this rubber band would come in handy when I put it in my pocket this morning.
My band will perform this week at Chuck's Bar and Grill. Please come and see us.
When we started out in the summer of 2010, there were only three of us in the band.
Tom talked Mary into joining our band.
Tom put a Band-Aid over his small tattoo of a spider so he would be allowed into a Japanese hot spring.
They are considered the greatest rock band in history.
Who plays the keyboards in your band?

Movie subtitles

NIALL FERGUSON: Around 500 years ago, a band of intrepid sailors and soldiers from the petty warring kingdoms of medieval Europe changed the world.
He gave you a Band-Aid, not a cure.
It's a Band-Aid.
And a new hair band will hardly break the bank.
The bandit will not hesitate to return to France to join his band.
Look, the band's up there.
And now, the band.
Listen, we have to go and hear the Turuna Turuna band tonight.
We are so busy thinking about a band leader.
So that quartet's a band.
Our band will be a sensation.
Did you bring my band of Indians?
Are you the Wabash Indians Band?
Can Aunt Minnie use a band?
What about that band of nebulous light, the Milky Way?
For the Egyptians it was Isis' wheat, the Incas saw it as golden star dust, for the Eskimos it was a band of snow and the Christians thought of it as the road to Rome.
Here you see the result and you see that the hydrogen clouds form a spiral shaped band around the Galactic Centre.
They'll band together and defeat us again!
Band's nice and tight.
The whole family could hang from this rubber band.
Therefore, we do here and now band ourselves. into a brotherhood of buccaneers. to practice the trade of piracy on the high seas.
Count Arnheim, there is a band of gypsies in the woods below the castle.
Or perhaps it was a roving band of redskins.
I was wondering where they're gonna get another tuba player for the band.
He plays the tuba in the town band.
He played in the town band, too.
He's always wanted Romero's band for his club. but he's a gambler.
I'm going to marry Ricky when he takes the band to Bermuda in the spring.
We're a team, we're like a band of brothers.
They had a jug band with a guy playing the spoons, another guy on the washboard, and there's just a lady who hums.
Did you know I used to play the saxophone in the Irontown band? - Heh.
Sorry we haven't got a band.
I will accompany my friend. Band rats.
I's a saxophoner in the Dixieland band.
I never expected to find a bit of band on the road.
And then we went to the park to hear the band, and we took a drive over Brooklyn Bridge.
And now, with the help of this sweet band of cutthroats.. you'll try to grind a ransom for him out of every helpless Saxon.
It can shelter, clothe and feed a band of good, determined men.. goodswordsmen,goodarchers, good fighters!
There, my band getting fat and overfed.
Yes, Mr. Strauss, will you give this to the leader of the band there?

News and current affairs

Indeed, nor would such an offensive have eradicated Hezbollah, because it is a political movement in arms, and not just an army or a band of gunmen.
The original 1945 concept of collective security, by which states would band together to deter and punish aggressors, failed because the Soviet Union and the West were at loggerheads during the Cold War.
This corresponds to the view shared by many accession countries that such a narrow band would increase the risks in managing the run-up to adopting the euro.
In the meantime, the country must be careful about joining the exchange rate mechanism (ERM II) - the narrow band within which applicant currencies must operate for at least two years prior to adopting the euro.
A small band of fiery Imams seized upon this youthful discontent.
Even if Putin has found a way to retain power without amending the constitution - a possibility that was endlessly speculated about by Russia's dwindling band of democrats - the undemocratic nature of his strategy is glaringly obvious.
They now jealously guard their power and band together to protect their prerogatives and perks.
These are ambitious hopes, but even if the UN Security Council adopts and implements a resolution that would lead to such an eventual solution, it will provide just another band-aid and temporary relief.
Perhaps skilled workers will try to band together to get governments to pass laws and regulations making it more difficult for firms to make their jobs obsolete.
On the exchange rate, a narrow fluctuation band should be avoided.
So, although the IAEA will continue to play a vital role, it will be more of a band-aid than a cure for the atomic risks that we will all have to assume.
That would just be putting a Band-Aid on a problem that requires major surgery.
But, beyond band-aid solutions for the deep injuries inflicted on Gaza, Palestinians' biggest concern is to ensure that Israel's attempt to split Gaza from the West Bank does not become permanent.
But then the RMB fell unexpectedly, hitting the bottom of the daily trading band set by the Peoples' Bank of China (PBoC) for 11 sessions in a row.
The modern equivalent of the band widening of 1993 would be to maintain the euro for all members of the eurozone, but also allow some of them (in principle, all of them) to issue - if necessary - national currencies.
In the same way, after 1993, the French franc initially diverged from its old level, but, in a good policy setting, it then returned within the exchange-rate band.
Such a policy is fraught with danger; indeed, it is inherently self-defeating, as the establishment of a peg or a band provides an obvious target against which speculators can take huge positions.
Or Swingers, the 1996 worldwide hit movie about a twenty-something guy in Hollywood and his band of male friends who drag him to Las Vegas to mend his broken heart.

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