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govern
Found in thesaurus: determine, decide, make up one's mind, control, command, take, postulate, necessitate, demand, need, involve, ask, call for, require
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govern
v.
rule; control; manage, administrate; supervise; regulate
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Government
A government is the system by which a state or community is controlled. In the Commonwealth of Nations, the word government is also used more narrowly to refer to the collective group of people that exercises executive authority in a state. This usage is analogous to what is called an "administration" in American English. Furthermore, especially in American English, the concepts of the state and the government may be used synonymously to refer to the person or group of people exercising authority over a politically organized territory. Finally, government is also sometimes used in English as a synonym for governance.
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govern
Verb
1. bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"
(synonym) regulate, regularize, regularise, order
(hypernym) decide, make up one's mind, determine
(hyponym) standardize, standardise
(derivation) government
2. direct or strongly influence the behavior of; "His belief in God governs his conduct"
(hypernym) control, command
(derivation) government, governing, governance, government activity
3. exercise authority over; as of nations; "Who is governing the country now?"
(synonym) rule
(hypernym) control, command
(hyponym) throne
(derivation) government, authorities, regime
4. require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood; "most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German"
(hypernym) necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
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govern
v.
vládnout; určit
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govern
Czas.
rządzić; kierować; wpływać
