Meaning

22 senses
  1. A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.

    A strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together.

    Band

    ле́нтаlénta, тесьма́tesʹmá, повя́зкаpovjázka

    стрі́чкаstríčka, сму́жкаsmúžka

    a restraint put around something to hold it together

  2. A narrow strip of cloth or other material on clothing, to bind, strengthen, or ornament it.

    an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material

  3. A strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached.

    манже́ткаmanžétka

    a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)

  4. A belt or strap that is part of a machine.

    ле́нтаlénta, реме́ньreménʹ

    a driving belt in machinery

  5. A long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area.

    sandstone with bands of shale

  6. A strip of decoration.

    A continuous tablet, stripe, or series of ornaments, as of carved foliage, of colour, or of brickwork.

  7. In Gothic architecture, the moulding, or suite of mouldings, which encircles the pillars and small shafts.

  8. That which serves as the means of union or connection between persons; a tie.

  9. A linen collar or ruff worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.

  10. (in the plural)Two strips of linen hanging from the neck in front as part of a clerical, legal, or academic dress.

  11. A part of the electromagnetic spectrum.

  12. A part of the electromagnetic spectrum.

    A designated range of radio frequencies used for wireless communication.

    Frequenzspektrum

    полоса́polosá, диапазо́нdiapazón

    полоса́polosá, діапазо́нdiapazón

    a range of frequencies between two limits

Examples

752 sentences
  1. What time will the band start playing?

    О котрій годині цей гурт почне грати?

    deUm wie viel Uhr wird die Band anfangen zu spielen?

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  2. How many bands will be playing tonight?

    Скільки груп гратиме сьогодні?

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  3. Tom won't let us sing with his band.

    Том не дозволить нам співати з групою.

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  4. I would love to sing with your band.

    Я би дуже хотів заспівати з вашим гуртом.

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  5. I really want to sing with your band.

    Я дуже хочу співати з вашим гуртом.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together:
part of radio spectrum:
group of musicians:
Русский
By meaning 7
strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together:
strip along the spine of a book where the pages are attached:
band or strip as part of a machine:
part of radio spectrum:
group of energy levels in a solid state material:
group of musicians:
group of people loosely united for a common purpose:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
strip of material wrapped around things to hold them together:
part of radio spectrum:
group of musicians:
orchestra originally playing janissary music:
group of people loosely united for a common purpose:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English band (also bond), from Old English beand, bænd, bend (“bond,

Inherited from Middle English band (also bond), from Old English beand, bænd, bend (“bond, chain, fetter, band, ribbon, ornament, chaplet, crown”), from Proto-Germanic *bandą, *bandiz (“band, fetter”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie, bind”). Middle English band reinforced by Old French bande.

Derived from Middle English band, from Old French bande, from Old Occitan banda (“regiment of troops”), perhaps from Frankish *bend, from Proto-Germanic *bandiz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie; bond, band”). Compare German Bande (“band”).

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Forms

plural: bands
Singularband
Pluralbands

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material:bandingstripe
  • a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration):ring
  • a stripe or stripes of contrasting color:bandingstriastriation
  • jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger:ring
  • a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure:isthmus
  • a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing:dance banddance orchestra

Word family

204 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • join our band
  • in a band
  • with his band
  • the marching band
  • rock band
  • marching band
  • high school band
  • a rock band
  • band aid
  • band played
  • the band played
  • school band

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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