GOVERNMENT
\ɡˈʌvənmənt], \ɡˈʌvənmənt], \ɡ_ˈʌ_v_ə_n_m_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of GOVERNMENT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government"
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the study of government of states and other political units
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(government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed; "tyrannical government"
By Princeton University
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the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government"
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the study of government of states and other political units
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government.
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The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law.
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The right or power of governing; authority.
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The person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling power; the administration.
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The body politic governed by one authority; a state; as, the governments of Europe.
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The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case.
By Oddity Software
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The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government.
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The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law.
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The right or power of governing; authority.
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The person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling power; the administration.
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The body politic governed by one authority; a state; as, the governments of Europe.
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The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case.
By Noah Webster.
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The complex of political institutions, laws, and customs through which the function of governing is carried out in a specific political unit.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of administering or ruling; administration of public affairs; as, rightecus government; established state or legal authority; self-control.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A ruling or managing: control: system of governing: the persons authorized to administer the laws: the territory over which sovereign power extends: (gram.) the power of one word in determining the form of another.
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Of or pursued by government.
By Daniel Lyons
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Management; control; system of governing; persons who administer the laws.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Direction; regulation; control; the exercise of authority; the administration of public affairs; the system of polity in a state; the territory governed; the right of governing; the persons or council governing; the influence of a word in determining the case or mood of another.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Control; restraint; the exercise of authority; the ruling power in a state; the principle or system under which a state is ruled.
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Connected with or pursued by government.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. Act of governing; exercise of authority; direction; regulation;—control; restraint;—system of polity in a state or community; mode in which legal authority is exercised;—territory over which rule is exercised; empire; kingdom; state; commonwealth;—administrative council or body; the executive power; the ministry;—in grammar, the relation of one word as depending or construed by another.
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Form of community with respect to the disposition of the supreme authority; an establishment of legal authority; administration of publick affairs; regularity of behaviour; manageableness, compliance, obsequiousness; in grammar, influence with regard to construction.
By Thomas Sheridan
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