governing

Meaning

present participle and gerund of govern

governing

ruling

government

control

management

governance

government activity

checking

mastery

repression

restraint

suppression

administration

suppressing

dominant

predominant

prevailing

rule

administering

guiding

reigning

leading

controlling

reign

guardianship

regulative

regulatory

supervisory

presiding over

superintending

watching over

eating

enjoying

suffering

protecting

curbing

restraining

chief

managing

ascendent

commanding

dominating

predominate

preponderant

regent

brass

command

duct

leaders

lead

leadership

line

management personnel

start

executive

wiry

operation

Frequency

Hyphenated as

gov‧ern‧ing

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡʌvɚnɪŋ/

New

govern

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.