Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To send (someone) away and forbid them from returning.

    He was banished from the kingdom for his crimes.

    verbannen, herauswerfen

    высыла́тьvysylátʹ, вы́слатьvýslatʹ, изгоня́тьizgonjátʹ

    виганя́тиvyhanjáty, виго́нитиvyhónyty, ви́гнатиvýhnaty

    drive away

  2. (transitive)To expel, especially from the mind.

    to banish fear; to banish a qualm

    vertreiben

    expel, as if by official decree

Examples

42 sentences
  1. He was banished to an island for high treason.

    Його було вислано на острів за державну зраду.

    ruОн был сослан на остров за государственную измену.

    deEr wurde wegen Hochverrats auf eine Insel verbannt.

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  2. We banished him from the country.

    ruМы изгнали его из страны.

    deWir verbannten ihn aus dem Land.

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  3. Her calm words banished our fears.

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  4. His story will banish your fears.

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  5. He was banished from the kingdom.

    ruОн был изгнан из королевства.

    deEr wurde aus dem Königreich verbannt.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to send someone away and forbid that person from returning:
Русский
By meaning 1
to send someone away and forbid that person from returning:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to send someone away and forbid that person from returning:
to expel, especially from the mind:

Origin

From Middle English banishen, from Old French baniss-, extended stem of banir (“to proclai

From Middle English banishen, from Old French baniss-, extended stem of banir (“to proclaim, ban, banish”), of Germanic origin and Old English bannan, from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“curse, forbid”). Compare French bannir. Doublet of ban.

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Forms

banishes, banishing, banished, banished
Base formbanish · to banish
3rd person singularbanishes
Present participlebanishing
Past simplebanished
Past participlebanished

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybanish
he, she, itbanishes

Past simpleLesson

all personsbanished

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave banished
he, she, ithas banished

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill banish

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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