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[bænd] noun[C] I
1) a group of musicians who play popular music
He used to play in a band.[/ex]
2) a group of people who do something together or who share a particular feature
a band of outlaws[/ex]
3) a range of values, prices etc in a system for measuring or organizing something
students in the age band 11 to 14[/ex]
4) a flat narrow piece of something in the shape of a ring
She wore a band around her hair.[/ex]
a rubber band[/ex]
5) a line of something such as colour or light
The male bird has a brown band across its chest.[/ex]
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In British English, a band of musicians can be used with a singular or plural verb. You can say The band was playing. OR The band were playing. II verb band [bænd] - band together

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