govern

(Engels)

Verb

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

Noun

The act of governing

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈɡʌvən/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: governen

In summary

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”).

Concepten

regeren

besturen

heersen

beheersen

leiden

de scepter zwaaien

regelen

aanvoeren

nakijken

opletten

oppassen

passen op

reglementeren

surveilleren

toezicht houden

toezien

⌚

regeeren

acht slaan op

aflezen

bepalen

checken

controleren

koning zijn

letten op

Synoniemen

rule

control

reign

manage

command

restrain

administer

direct

order

regulate

dominate

supervise

handle

lead

administrate

decree

check

dictate

determine

master

bid

sway

tell

demand

do

curb

act

guide

condition

suppress

run

stipulate

regularize

dominant

allocate

rule over

oversee

overshadow

mandate

navigate

prescribe

appoint

keep down

instruct

exact

boss

enjoin

protect

regularise

tend

Vertalingen

gouverner

governare

gobernar

regieren

herrschen

régner

régir

governar

beherrschen

rządzić

regir

governar

regere

diriger

dominare