Enter a word or phrase in any language 👆
Language:
Translation and analysis of words by ChatGPT artificial intelligence
On this page you can get a detailed analysis of a word or phrase, produced by the best artificial intelligence technology to date:
- how the word is used
- frequency of use
- it is used more often in oral or written speech
- word translation options
- usage examples (several phrases with translation)
- etymology
What (who) is band - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Bands; Band (disambiguation); Band, Iran (disambiguation); BAND
band
I
n.
orchestra
1) to form a band
2) a brass; concert; dance; jazz; marching; military; regimental; school; string band
3) a big band
4) a band marches; performs, plays
5) (misc.) to strike up the band
group
6) a predatory; roving band
7) a band of marauders
II
n.
ring
1) a wedding band
range of wavelengths
2) a wave band
3) a citizens band (or: CB)
circular strip
4) a brake; rubber band
band
(bands, banding, banded)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A band is a small group of musicians who play popular music such as jazz, rock, or pop.
He was a drummer in a rock band...
Local bands provide music for dancing.
N-COUNT-COLL
see also one-man band
2.
A band is a group of musicians who play brass and percussion instruments.
Bands played German marches.
N-COUNT-COLL
see also brass band
3.
A band of people is a group of people who have joined together because they share an interest or belief.
Bands of government soldiers, rebels and just plain criminals have been roaming some neighborhoods.
...a small but growing band of Japanese companies taking their first steps into American publishing.
N-COUNT-COLL: with supp
4.
A band is a flat, narrow strip of cloth which you wear round your head or wrists, or which forms part of a piece of clothing.
Almost all hospitals use a wrist-band of some kind with your name and details on it.
N-COUNT
5.
A band is a strip of something such as colour, light, land, or cloth which contrasts with the areas on either side of it.
...bands of natural vegetation between strips of crops...
A band of light glowed in the space between floor and door.
N-COUNT: with supp
6.
A band is a strip or loop of metal or other strong material which strengthens something, or which holds several things together.
Surgeons placed a metal band around the knee cap to help it knit back together.
...a strong band of flat muscle tissue.
N-COUNT
7.
A band is a range of numbers or values within a system of measurement.
...a new tax band of 20p in the pound on the first ?2,000 of taxable income.
N-COUNT: usu with supp
see also waveband
8.
see also wedding band
band
n.
1.
Tie, ligature, ligament.
2.
Cord, chain, fetter, manacle, shackle, bond.
3.
Bandage, fillet, binding, cincture, girth, belt.
4.
Company (especially of instrumental musicians), troop, gang, crew, horde, party, body, club, junto, coterie, clique, society, sodality, association.
Examples of use of band
1. The first performing band, appropriately, was called the MAX band.
2. Their NME nominations are for best British band, best new band, best live band and best track.
3. But the Chancellor staggered the increase for vehicles in the highest VED band – band G.
4. He was in a band called The Libertines and is now in a band called Babyshambles.
5. Someone whose property is placed in Band E will pay 22.2 per cent more than Band D, while those in Band F pay 44.4 per cent more.