ALL meanings of government
gov·ern·ment
G g - noun government group that governs a country 1
- noun government system of political power 1
- noun government act of governing 1
- noun government subject of study 1
- noun government See collective noun. 1
- noun government 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. 1
- noun government the form or system of rule by which a state, community, etc., is governed: monarchical government; episcopal government. 1
- noun government the governing body of persons in a state, community, etc.; administration. 1
- noun government a branch or service of the supreme authority of a state or nation, taken as representing the whole: a dam built by the government. 1
- noun government 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. 1
- noun government direction; control; management; rule: the government of one's conduct. 1
- noun government a district governed; province. 1
- noun government political science. 1
- noun government 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. 1
- noun government The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization. 1
- countable noun government The government of a country is the group of people who are responsible for governing it. 0
- uncountable noun government Government consists of the activities, methods, and principles involved in governing a country or other political unit. 0
- noun government 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 0
- noun government the system or form by which a community, etc, is ruled 0
- noun government the executive policy-making body of a political unit, community, etc; ministry or administration 0
- noun government (capital when of a specific country) 0
- noun government the state and its administration 0
- noun government (as modifier) 0
- noun government regulation; direction 0
- noun government the determination of the form of one word by another word 0
- noun government the exercise of authority over a state, district, organization, institution, etc.; direction; control; rule; management 0
- noun government the right, function, or power of governing 0
- noun government a system of ruling, controlling, etc. 0
- noun government an established system of political administration by which a nation, state, district, etc. is governed 0
- noun government the study of such systems; political science 0
- noun government all the people or agencies that administer or control the affairs of a nation, state, institution, etc.; administration 0
- noun government the executive or administrative branch of government of a particular nation as constituted by the political party or coalition in power 0
- noun government a governed territory 0
- noun government the influence of one word over the case or mood of another 0
- adjective government of or relating to government 0
- noun government (grammar, linguistics) The relationship between a word and its dependents. 0
- noun government A group of people who hold a monopoly on the legitimate use of force in a given territory. 0
- noun government The state and its administration viewed as the ruling political power. 0
- noun government (Uncountable Noun) The management or control of a system. 0
- noun government The tenure of a chief of state. 0