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“Bard” or “Barred”

bard / barred are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

Same sound, different spellings and meanings, shown with a pronunciation guide for each term.

bard b·AA·r·d

  • nouna lyric poet.
  • nounan ornamental caparison for a horse.

barred b·AA·r·d

  • verbprevent from entering; keep out.
  • verbsecure with, or as if with, bars.
  • adjectivemarked with stripes or bands.
Usage

Examples in context

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“bard”

  • …Agricultural Research and Development Fund (BARD).
  • …Music and her master's from Bard College's graduate vocal-arts program, where…
  • …where significant results were obtained (BARD, 20 year external review).
  • …recommendations to the Board of BARD.
  • …much lower funding level than BARD.
  • Bard, Inc. of New Jersey in
  • The success of BARD led to the establishment of…
  • …Conde Duque, Madrid 2015 and Bard Graduate Center, New York 2014;
  • BARD is a competitive funding program…
  • …Truman's personal representative; Ralph A. Bard, Under Secretary of the Navy;…

“barred”

  • The Israeli media was barred from publishing his name.
  • …on August 26, 1914 and barred union solicitation on company property,…
  • …was legally or otherwise objectionably barred from airing on television.
  • …the Visigothic Code, Salic law barred women from royal succession.
  • …compared to when duopolies were barred under Federal Communications Commission rules…
  • He also barred any USAF flights within 11…
  • Following the ruling, the company barred the union from soliciting new…
  • The application of this rule barred Charles's one-year-old daughter Mary, by…
  • Many others have been barred from participation in MLB, but…
  • …which formalized the exodus and barred the return of the refugees.

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