Dictionary
governing
Meaning
present participle and gerund of govern
Hyphenated as
gov‧ern‧ing
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɡʌvɚnɪŋ/
New
govern
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- To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.
- To exercise political authority; to run a government.
- To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.
- To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.
- To have or exercise a determining influence.
- (obsolete) To handle, to manage, to oversee (a matter, an affair, a household, etc.).
- To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.
- (obsolete) To direct the course of, to guide in some direction, to steer.
- (obsolete) To look after, to take care of, to tend to (someone or some plant).
- (obsolete) To manage, to control, to work (a tool or mechanical device).
- To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word; sometimes used synonymously with collocate.
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