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Definitions for Government
[1] 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.
[2] the form or system of rule by which a state, community, etc., is governed: monarchical government; episcopal government.
[3] the governing body of persons in a state, community, etc.; administration.
[4] a branch or service of the supreme authority of a state or nation, taken as representing the whole: a dam built by the government.
[5] (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.
[6] direction; control; management; rule: the government of one's conduct.
[7] a district governed; province.
[8] political science.
[9] 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.
[10] 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
[11] the system or form by which a community, etc, is ruled tyrannical government
[12] 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
[13] the state and its administration blame it on the government (as modifier ) a government agency
[14] regulation; direction
[15] grammar the determination of the form of one word by another word
Words related to Government
power, ministry, union, authority, state, rule, politics, law, regime, control, regimentation, predominance, executive, supremacy, empire, guidance, governance, regulation, superiority, sovereignty
Words nearby Government
gov., govern, governador valadares, governance, governess, government, government house, government issue, government man, government national mortgage association, government of the people, by the people, and for the people
Origin of Government
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Old French word governement. See govern, -ment
Other words from Government
gov·ern·men·tal [guhv-ern-men -tl, ‐er-men ‐] /ˌgʌv ərnˈmɛn tl, ‐ərˈmɛn‐/ , adjective
gov·ern·men·tal·ly , adverb
coun·ter·gov·ern·ment , noun
non·gov·ern·ment , noun
non·gov·ern·men·tal , adjective
pro-gov·ern·ment , adjective
re·gov·ern·ment , noun
sem·i·gov·ern·men·tal , adjective
sem·i·gov·ern·men·tal·ly , adverb
sub·gov·ern·ment , noun
un·der·gov·ern·ment , noun
un·gov·ern·men·tal , adjective
un·gov·ern·men·tal·ly , adverb
Synonyms for Government
authority, law, ministry, politics, power, regime, rule, state, union, Washington, bureaucracy, command, control, direction, domination, dominion, empire, execution, executive, governance, guidance, influence, jurisdiction, patronage, polity, predominance, presidency, regency, regimentation, regulation, restraint, sovereignty, statecraft, superintendence, superiority, supervision, supremacy, sway, Uncle Sam, political practice, powers-that-be, the feds