government

Meaning

1. The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization.
2. The relationship between a word and its dependents.
3. The state and its administration viewed as the ruling political power.
4. The management or control of a system.
5. The tenure of a head of government; the ministry or administration led by a specified individual.
6. In a parliamentary system, the political party or coalition in power, as opposed to the opposition; the state of being in power.
7. The team tasked with presenting and speaking in favour of a resolution, as opposed to the opposition.
8. Ellipsis of government name, one's legal name according to a government.

Concepts

government

administration

rule

state

authorities

management

governance

regime

governing

control

reign

politics

authority

direction

government activity

governmental

regulation

sovereignty

ruling

province

official

governor

rulership

imperial court

statesmanship

establishment

organization

suppression

system

command

dominion

political science

cabinet

power

lord

shogun

sovereign

superior

law

ascendance

ascendancy

officials

my lord

sir

conduct of state affairs

public affairs

shogunate government

Administration

holding back

imperial command

laws

organisation

restraint

government party

party in power

administrator

government authorities

bidding

charge

coercion

compulsion

constraint

dictation

domination

exaction

hold

supervision

regimen

public institutions

discipline

maintenance of order

Gov

ministerial

steerage

governmental authorities

governmental authority

form of government

commandment

kingship

sirkar

state power

kingdom

politics⫷mn⫸

summit

case government

board

directorate

state government

brass

duct

leaders

lead

leadership

line

management personnel

start

capital

govern

officer

head

top

office

council of state

council

delegation

white men

political

national affairs

nation

public

polity

collective call sign

gahmen

gubberment

gubernation

political affairs

Hyphenated as

gov‧ern‧ment

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡʌvə(n)mənt/

Etymology

From Middle English governement, from Old French governement (modern French gouvernement), from governer (see govern) + -ment.
Morphologically govern + -ment
Displaced native Old English gerec, leodweard, ræden, rǣding and Old English ealdordōm.

Sentences

The government head of its legal wing is the Attorney General of India .

Memotech did not receive funding they expected from the British government for this project .

A later investigation by the Rwandan government blamed Hutu extremists in the Rwandan army .