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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 Word 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
Word History and Origins
Origin of government1
Example Sentences
The thousands of claims tell the story of a county government that did little to screen for abusers, allowing a sprawling network of facilities for young people to become hunting grounds for predators.
Those opposing it said the idea was divisive, would create special "classes" of citizens where some have more rights than others, and the new advisory body would slow government decision-making.
The government has made very little progress in preparing the UK for the growing threats posed by rising temperatures since coming to power, its climate watchdog has warned.
They had already onboarded all of their authors — which included federal government employees and researchers from academia and nonprofits — and submitted a preliminary draft for review.
A Treasury Committee report into cash acceptance stopped short of recommending a change in the law, but said the government had to improve its monitoring of the issue.
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