government
//ˈɡʌv.ɚ(n).mənt//
Forms
- Plural
- governments
Definitions
1.The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization.
- British government has historically centred exclusively on London.
2.The relationship between a word and its dependents.
- Why does the US government let people have guns?
3.The state and its administration viewed as the ruling political power.
- If the citizens must follow the law, then the government must follow the constitution.
- Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins.
4.The management or control of a system.
- The government of the Church is maintained without material alteration in a settled hierarchical form.
Frequency
Overall
Very common· #220
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Common
- General reading & writing
- Very common
- Academic
- Common
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
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 ealdordōm.