band

Meaning

Noun

1. A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.
2. A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.
3. A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.
4. A strip of material used for strengthening or coupling.
5. A long strip of material, color, etc, that is different from the surrounding area.
6. A strip of decoration.
7. A strip of decoration.
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-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 group of energy levels in a solid state material.
13. (obsolete) A bond.
14. (obsolete) Pledge; security.
15. (US, especially) A ring, such as a wedding ring (wedding band), or a ring put on a bird's leg to identify it.
16. Any distinguishing line formed by chromatography, electrophoresis etc
17. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of band cell.
18. (in-plural, often, slang) A wad of money totaling $1K, held together by a band; (by extension) $1000, a grand; (by extension) money

Verb

1. (transitive) To fasten with a band.
2. (transitive) To fasten an identifying band around the leg of (a bird).

Verb

1. (intransitive) To group together for a common purpose; to confederate.
2. (transitive) To group (students) together by perceived ability; to stream.

Verb

simple past and past participle of bind

Verb

Obsolete form of bandy.

Synonyms

gang

group

belt

strip

tape

ribbon

🎀

orchestra

company

ring

💍

string

🪢

stripe

tie

team

strap

crowd

bandage

party

🥳

knot

🪢

girdle

pack

troop

flock

bunch

zone

set

lace

ensemble

squad

mob

bond

banding

hoop

fillet

force

waveband

crew

herd

collar

cluster

binding

rope

🪢

shift

unit

detachment

cord

circle

⭕

gathering

battery

🔋

sash

fastening

Translations

Band

bande

banda

banda

band

grupo

banda

groupe

Gruppe

grupo

Bande

Kapelle

Musikkapelle

ζώνη

gruppo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bænd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: band

Inherited from Old English: beand

Cognate with Middle English: band

Cognate with Old French: bande

Cognate with Dutch: band

Cognate with German: Band

Cognate with Danish: bånd

Cognate with Swedish: band

Cognate with Icelandic: band

Cognate with German: Bande

In summary

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.
Cognate with Dutch band, German Band, Danish bånd, Swedish band, Icelandic band (“band”). Related to bond, bind, bend.

Sentences

The camera cut to the band on stage , ready to perform .

The band was very active with live performances in and outside their native country .

There they formed a band from which Reece was shortly fired .

She also became the lead singer of a band named Kendix.

Most of Lou Reed's band joined Cooper for this record .

It features most of the main cast collectively playing musical instruments as a band .