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government
[ guhv-ern-muhnt, ‑e-uhnt ]
noun
- the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration:
Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- the form or system of rule by which a state, community, etc., is governed:
monarchical government; episcopal government.
- the governing body of persons in a state, community, etc.; administration.
- a branch or service of the supreme authority of a state or nation, taken as representing the whole:
a dam built by the government.
- (in some parliamentary systems, as that of the United Kingdom)
- the particular group of persons forming the cabinet at any given time:
The prime minister has formed a new government.
- the parliament along with the cabinet:
The government has fallen.
- direction; control; management; rule:
the government of one's conduct.
- a district governed; province.
- Grammar. the extablished usage that requires that one word in a sentence should cause another to be of a particular form:
the government of the verb by its subject.
government
/ ˌɡʌvəˈmɛntəl; ˌɡʌvənˈmɛntəl; ˈɡʌvənmənt; ˈɡʌvəmənt /
noun
- the exercise of political authority over the actions, affairs, etc, of a political unit, people, etc, as well as the performance of certain functions for this unit or body; the action of governing; political rule and administration
- the system or form by which a community, etc, is ruled
tyrannical government
- the executive policy-making body of a political unit, community, etc; ministry or administration
yesterday we got a new government
- ( capital when of a specific country )
the British Government
- the state and its administration
blame it on the government
- ( as modifier )
a government agency
- regulation; direction
- grammar the determination of the form of one word by another word
Grammar Note
Pronunciation Note
Derived Forms
- governmental, adjective
- ˌDZˈԳٲ, adverb
Other yvlog Forms
- DZ···ٲ [guhv-ern-, men, -tl, ‑er-, men, ‑], adjective
- DZe·t· adverb
- dzܲt·DZe·Գ noun
- ԴDz·DZİ·Գ noun
- ԴDzgDZ··t adjective
- -DZİ·Գ adjective
- ·DZİ·Գ noun
- i·DZe·t adjective
- semi·DZe·t· adverb
- ܲ·DZİ·Գ noun
- ܲd·DZİ·Գ noun
- ܲgDZ··t adjective
- ܲgDZ··t·ly adverb
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of government1
Example Sentences
Asked by the BBC why the US had not meaningfully responded, as it routinely has to past such disasters, Rubio said "we are not the government of the world".
It has called on the government to strengthen the existing Online Safety Act with more robust legislation.
“We already have a signed contract with the federal government for that money. And we’ve been told it’s being clawed back.”
Trump administration lawyers had urged the court to rein in judges who were acting as “self-appointed managers” of the federal government.
Gwent Police said it was not aware of stab vests being worn or stashed but would welcome hearing more about young people's experiences, while the Welsh government said it took school safety "extremely seriously".
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