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The desk thing is a problem for me. The ideal one would be vast and perfectly clear. Yet the bane of the biographical existence is paper; if you're 'an artist under oath' you're writing from a mountain of documentation.
Stacy Schiff

Meaning of "bane" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BANE

Old English bana; related to Old Norse bani death, Old High German bano destruction, death.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BANE

bane  [beɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BANE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bane is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BANE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Bane

Bane may refer to: Places ▪ Bane, West Virginia ▪ Bane, Iran, a city in Kurdistan Province ▪ Bane, Lebanon, a village in Bsharri District ▪ Bane, Nigeria, a village in Nigeria ▪ Bané Department, one of the 13 departments of the Boulgou Province of Burkina Faso Music ▪ Bane, a hardcore punk band formed in 1995 ▪ Bane, a Joey Arkenstat album produced in 2004 by Mike Gordon Fictional characters and groups ▪ Bane, an adversary of Batman ▪ Bane, a character in the Matrix film trilogy ▪ Bane, a deity in the Forgotten Realms fictional universe ▪ Bane, a centaur in the Harry Potter series ▪ Cad Bane, a bounty hunter in the Star Wars universe ▪ Darth Bane, a Sith Lord in the Star Wars universe ▪ Durin's Bane, a Balrog, a fictional being from the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien ▪ Bane the Druid, a Guardian in the Legacy of Kain franchise ▪ Bane, an alien race in The Sarah Jane...

Definition of bane in the English dictionary

The first definition of bane in the dictionary is a person or thing that causes misery or distress. Other definition of bane is something that causes death or destruction. Bane is also a fatal poison.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BANE


Bahrain
bɑːˈreɪn
brain
breɪn
campaign
kæmˈpeɪn
chain
tʃeɪn
contain
kənˈteɪn
domain
dəˈmeɪn
explain
ɪkˈspleɪn
gain
ɡeɪn
jane
dʒeɪn
lain
leɪn
lane
leɪn
main
meɪn
Maine
meɪn
maintain
meɪnˈteɪn
obtain
əbˈteɪn
pain
peɪn
plain
pleɪn
plane
pleɪn
rain
reɪn
remain
rɪˈmeɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BANE

bandura
bandwagon
bandwidth
bandy
bandy legs
bandy-bandies
bandy-bandy
bandy-legged
bandyman
Bandywallop
baneberries
baneberry
baneful
banefully
banefulness
Banff
Banffshire
bang
bang for one´s buck
bang goes

WORDS THAT END LIKE BANE

airplane
ane
Brisbane
cane
crane
Dane
humane
hurricane
hydroplane
insane
kane
mane
membrane
on the wane
pane
propane
sane
Spokane
stephane
thane

Synonyms and antonyms of bane in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BANE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «bane» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of bane

Translation of «bane» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BANE

Find out the translation of bane to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bane from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bane» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

祸根
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pesadilla
570 millions of speakers

English

bane
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अभिशाप
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عنة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отрава
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bane
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সর্বনাশ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

fléau
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bane
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fluch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

破滅
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

베인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bane
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tai ương
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பேன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

विष
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yıkım
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rovina
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Bane
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

отрута
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bane
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

όλεθρος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vloek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bane
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bane
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bane

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BANE»

The term «bane» is very widely used and occupies the 20.392 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BANE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bane» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bane» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bane

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9 QUOTES WITH «BANE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bane.
1
Franz Boas
The disease of mutual distrust among nations is the bane of modern civilization.
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning
World's use is cold, world's love is vain, world's cruelty is bitter bane; but is not the fruit of pain.
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Michelle Gagnon
The bane of my existence is the synopses that publishers request for a new novel or series. That's where I'm really producing fiction - my final book never ends up looking like the synopsis.
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Brett Hull
I'm very impatient. I am. That's the bane of my game. I don't think about what I'm going to do - I just go hit it, I don't stop to wait and think. Costs me two shots a round.
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Walter Savage Landor
Study is the bane of childhood, the oil of youth, the indulgence of adulthood, and a restorative in old age.
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Lori Loughlin
Playing a fashion designer could be the bane of my existence because I am married to a fashion designer.
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Matt Mullenweg
Captcha is the bane of the Internet. I can't figure them out myself half the time!
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Olusegun Obasanjo
Corruption, the greatest single bane of our society today.
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Stacy Schiff
The desk thing is a problem for me. The ideal one would be vast and perfectly clear. Yet the bane of the biographical existence is paper; if you're 'an artist under oath' you're writing from a mountain of documentation.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BANE»

Discover the use of bane in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bane and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Lord Foul's Bane
The first book in one of the most remarkable epic fantasies ever written, the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Unbeliever.
Stephen R. Donaldson, 2012
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Bane
As Jax gets closer, her dark powers begin to rise and control her actions. If she succumbs to the darkness, Jax may have as much to fear from the Bane as the evil covens and the determined hunter on her trail.
Trish Milburn, 2012
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Precious Bane
The tale of how Woodseaves gradually discerns Prue's true beauty is set against the tragic drama of Prue's brother, Gideon, a driven man who is out of harmony with the natural world.
Mary Webb, 2013
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The Permaculture Handbook: Garden Farming for Town and Country
Abundance by design
Peter Bane, 2013
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The Bane
But she doesn't need memories to know this world is her reality. This is a world that is quickly losing its humanity, one Bane at a time.
Keary Taylor, 2013
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Wizard's Bane
What "Wiz" Zumalt could do with computers was magic on Earth.
Rick Cook, 1989
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Darth Bane: Rule of Two : a Novel of the Old Republic
With the end of the Sith Wars, the Jedi are convinced that the Sith have been destroyed, unaware that Darth Bane, the creator of the "Rule of Two," survives and is preparing in secret to build a new Sith Order, with which he plans to rule ...
Drew Karpyshyn, 2008
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Bane
He hunts them by their religion. Delve into a world of darkness as you see through the eyes of the beast, and see the world as he sees it. The man, the myth; the monster and the legend. The Hunter, Bane.
J. Edward Nolan, J. Nolan, 2005
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The Underland Chronicles #2: Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane
The action and adventure continue for Gregor in this stunning fantasy from Suzanne Collins, bestselling author of the Hunger Games.
Suzanne Collins, 2010
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Welfare Realities: From Rhetoric to Reform
Mary Jo Bane and David T. Ellwood examine the welfare system - its recipients, its providers and the many policy ideas surrounding it.
Mary Jo Bane, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BANE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bane is used in the context of the following news items.
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Minor league options a boon for Orioles, a bane for players …
Minor league options a boon for Orioles, a bane for players. Kevin Gausman. Mitchell Layton / Getty Images. Orioles starter Kevin Gausman ... «Baltimore Sun, Jul 15»
2
allAfrica.com: Zimbabwe: Early Marriage a Bane to Development
As she was growing, her desire was to be able to attain her education and support her family. The dream to become a corporate lawyer was ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
3
allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Ethnicity Bane of National Development, Says …
Yenagoa — President of the Nigerian Baptist Convention (NBC), Dr. Olasupo Ayokunle, has said that the promotion of ethnicity is hampering ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
4
Bane Is Zayn Malik, The Penguin Is Niall Horan In Hilarious 'Dark …
“Dark Knight Changes” is set to the tune of 1D's “Night Changes,” and its music video ends with Bane pulling a Zayn by leaving his fellow bad ... «The Inquisitr, Jul 15»
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Funding, Tribal, Religious Politics Bane Of Nigerian Education – Don
A U.S -based Lecturer, Mr Aondover Tarhule, has identified inadequate funding, tribal, religion and political sentiments as responsible for the ... «Leadership Newspapers, Jul 15»
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Zayn Malik As Bane In This One Direction Vs. Batman Parody Is …
But the best part is saved until the end, when Bane has had enough and decides to quit the group to go solo. Ring any bells? One Direction ... «MTV UK, Jul 15»
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Watch Zayn Become Bane When Batman Villains Take On One …
If there was one thing you never thought that you needed today but actually 100 percent do, it's Gotham City's coterie of villains coming together ... «MTV.com, Jun 15»
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Wells Fargo tests technology that tackles bane of modern life …
Wells Fargo tests technology that tackles bane of modern life — computer passwords. Jun 30, 2015, 2:45pm PDT Updated Jun 30, 2015, 4:18pm PDT. «San Francisco Business Times, Jun 15»
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THAT REMINDS ME: Grand Forks' bane, 1905: Not mosquitoes, but …
When you turn back the pages of time, you find people worried about moths. And in June 1905, the Grand Forks Herald carried an ad saying, ... «Grand Forks Herald, Jun 15»
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The bane of child marriage
The bane of child marriage. SNS. Berhampore, | 29 June, 2015. Small font | Big font |. title= Getty Image. Priyanka (name changed) is a thirteen year-old orphan ... «The Statesman, Jun 15»

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