govern

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Concepten

regeren

besturen

heersen

beheersen

de scepter zwaaien

leiden

aanvoeren

regelen

koning zijn

acht slaan op

aflezen

checken

controleren

letten op

nakijken

opletten

oppassen

passen op

surveilleren

toezicht houden

toezien

regeeren

bepalen

reglementeren

Met koppelteken als

gov‧ern

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈɡʌvən/

Etymologie (Engels)

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”).