ALL meanings of sub-government
sub-gov·ern·ment
S s - noun sub-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 sub-government the form or system of rule by which a state, community, etc., is governed: monarchical government; episcopal government. 1
- noun sub-government the governing body of persons in a state, community, etc.; administration. 1
- noun sub-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 sub-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 sub-government direction; control; management; rule: the government of one's conduct. 1
- noun sub-government a district governed; province. 1
- noun sub-government political science. 1
- noun sub-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