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Detailed Synonyms for government in English

government:

government [the ~] nom

  1. the government
    the government; the public authorities; the authorities
  2. the government
    the government; the cabinet; the administration; the local government; the colonial government; the colonial administration
  3. the government
    the regime; the reign; the government; the rule; the leadership; the rule of life
  4. the government
  5. the government
    the government
  6. the government
    the bureaucracy; the government
  7. the government
    – the act of governing; exercising authority 1
    the government; the governing; the administration; the government activity; the governance
    – the act of governing; exercising authority 1
  8. the government
    – (government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed 1
    the government
    – (government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed 1
  9. the government
    – the study of government of states and other political units 1
    the government; the politics; the political science
    – the study of government of states and other political units 1
  10. the government
    – the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit 1
    the government; the authorities; the regime
    – the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit 1
    • government [the ~] nom
      • the government reduced taxes1
    • authorities [the ~] nom
      • the matter was referred to higher authorities1
    • regime [the ~] nom

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Related Definitions for "government":

  1. the act of governing; exercising authority1
    • he had considerable experience of government1
  2. (government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed1
    • tyrannical government1
  3. the study of government of states and other political units1
  4. the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit1
    • the government reduced taxes1

govern:

govern

  1. govern

to govern verbe (governs, governed, governing)

  1. to govern
    – direct or strongly influence the behavior of 1
    to control
    • control verbe (controls, controlled, controlling)
    to govern
    – direct or strongly influence the behavior of 1
    • govern verbe (governs, governed, governing)
      • His belief in God governs his conduct1
  2. to govern
    – bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations 1
    to order; to regulate; to regularize; to govern; regularise
    – bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations 1
    • order verbe (orders, ordered, ordering)
    • regulate verbe (regulates, regulated, regulating)
      • We cannot regulate the way people dress1
      • This town likes to regulate1
    • regularize verbe, américain (regularizes, regularized, regularizing)
    • govern verbe (governs, governed, governing)
    • regularise verbe, britannique
  3. to govern
    – exercise authority over; as of nations 1
    to rule; to govern
    – exercise authority over; as of nations 1
    • rule verbe (rules, ruled, ruling)
    • govern verbe (governs, governed, governing)
      • Who is governing the country now?1
  4. to govern
    – require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood 1
    to govern
    – require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood 1
    • govern verbe (governs, governed, governing)
      • most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German1

Conjugations for govern:

present
  1. govern
  2. govern
  3. governs
  4. govern
  5. govern
  6. govern
simple past
  1. governed
  2. governed
  3. governed
  4. governed
  5. governed
  6. governed
present perfect
  1. have governed
  2. have governed
  3. has governed
  4. have governed
  5. have governed
  6. have governed
past continuous
  1. was governing
  2. were governing
  3. was governing
  4. were governing
  5. were governing
  6. were governing
future
  1. shall govern
  2. will govern
  3. will govern
  4. shall govern
  5. will govern
  6. will govern
continuous present
  1. am governing
  2. are governing
  3. is governing
  4. are governing
  5. are governing
  6. are governing
subjunctive
  1. be governed
  2. be governed
  3. be governed
  4. be governed
  5. be governed
  6. be governed
diverse
  1. govern!
  2. let's govern!
  3. governed
  4. governing
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Related Definitions for "govern":

  1. direct or strongly influence the behavior of1
    • His belief in God governs his conduct1
  2. bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations1
  3. exercise authority over; as of nations1
    • Who is governing the country now?1
  4. require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood1
    • most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German1

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