govern

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

1. To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.
2. To exercise political authority; to run a government.
3. To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.
4. To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.
5. To have or exercise a determining influence.
6. (obsolete) To handle, to manage, to oversee (a matter, an affair, a household, etc.).
7. To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.
8. (obsolete) To direct the course of, to guide in some direction, to steer.
9. (obsolete) To look after, to take care of, to tend to (someone or some plant).
10. (obsolete) To manage, to control, to work (a tool or mechanical device).
11. To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word; sometimes used synonymously with collocate.

Noun

The act of governing

Concepts

gouverner

régner

régir

diriger

administrer

commander

réguler

dominer

surveiller

maîtriser

donner un ordre

concerner

gérer

contrôler

croiser

rassembler en paquet

régler

ordonner

ordre

réglementer

Coupé comme

gov‧ern

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɡʌvən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle English governen, governe, from Anglo-Norman and Old French governer, guverner, from Latin gubernō, from Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō, “I steer, drive, govern”).