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• a rock/punk/jazz band
• he plays drums in a band that he formed with some friends.
• the band is/are playing a gig in liverpool tonight.
• she's a singer with a band.

band

1. a small group of musicians who play popular music together, often with a singer or singers
• SEE ALSO boy band
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/boy-band
• a rock/punk/jazz band
• He plays drums in a band that he formed with some friends.
• The band is/are playing a gig in Liverpool tonight.
• She's a singer with a band.
• There's nothing like the excitement of seeing a live band.
• his fellow band members Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr

Extra Examples

• He formed a garage band with his friends.
• He was accompanied onstage by his backing band.
• They hired a Beatles tribute band to play at the reception.
2. a group of musicians who play brass and percussion instruments
• SEE ALSO big band
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/big-band
• a military band
• We heard a band strike up in the park.
3. a group of people who do something together or who have the same ideas, interests or achievements
• a band of outlaws/rebels
• He persuaded a small band of volunteers to help.

Extra Examples

• They are members of a growing band of enthusiasts.
• The two men are part of a dwindling band of veterans.
• He is one of a select band of top class players.
• The young Irishman joined the elite band of Formula One drivers this week.
4. a thin flat piece or circle of any material that is put around things, for example to hold them together or to make them stronger
• SEE ALSO armband
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/armband
• She always ties her hair back in a band.
• All babies in the hospital have name bands on their wrists.
• She wore a simple band of gold (= a ring) on her finger.
5. a line of colour or material on something that is different from what is around it
• a white plate with a blue band around the edge
• The light had expanded in a broad band across the sky.
6. a range of radio waves
• Short-wave radio uses the 20–50–metre band.
7. a range of numbers, ages, prices, etc. within which people or things are counted or measured
• the 25–35 age band
• Which tax band do you fall into?

Word Origin

• noun senses 4 to 7 late Old English (in the sense of something that restrains), from Old Norse, reinforced in late Middle English by Old French bande, of Germanic origin; related to bind. noun senses 1 to 3 late Middle English: from Old French bande, of Germanic origin; related to banner.