banded

[ ban-did ]

adjective

1. marked or fitted with a band or bands.
2. Architecture. (of a column, door architrave, etc.) having the regular flutings, moldings, or the like interrupted at regular intervals by projecting blocks or drums.

Other Words From

• inter·banded adjective
• un·banded adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of banded¹

First recorded in 1480–90; band ² + -ed ²

Example Sentences

Some of the largest commercial airlines and airborne cargo carriers in the U.S. have banded together to help solve the problem under their trade group Airlines for America.

From Los Angeles Times

One Direction fans have banded together to push for U.K. lawmakers to enact legislation protecting artists' mental health as they progress through their careers, honoring the late One Direction band member Liam Payne.

From Salon

They also banded together to provide one another with financial aid and money for funerals, just as people in Chinese, Black and other marginalized communities did.

From Los Angeles Times

Now the owners have banded together to make sure they can get parts and service and operate vehicles some bought for as much as $60,000.

From Los Angeles Times

There is also wisdom to be learned in the songs and traditions of past movements, when people banded together — for civil rights, for women’s suffrage — and found ways to keep hope alive against all odds.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• concerted
• consolidated
• cooperative
• homogeneous
• integrated
• linked
• unanimous
• undivided
• unified