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government en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡʌv.ən.mənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈɡʌv.ə.mənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈɡɐvmɘnt/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈɡɐvɘ(n)mɘnt/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈɡʌv.mənt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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• /ˈɡʌv.ɚ(n).mənt/ (Canada, General-American)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō)bor. Latin gubernāre Old French governer Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -ment Old French governementbor. Middle English governement English government 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.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization.
   • Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return. 2013 July 6, “The rise of smart beta”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8843, page 68:
   • British government has historically centred exclusively on London.
   • […]and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. 1863 November 19, Abraham Lincoln, Dedicatory Remarks (Gettysburg Address)^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Gettysburg_Address_(Bancroft_draft)), near Soldiers' National Cemetery, →LCCN, Bancroft copy, page 2:
2. (countable, uncountable) The relationship between a word and its dependents.
3. (countable, uncountable) The state and its administration viewed as the ruling political power.
   • Near-synonyms: state, administration
   • 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. 2013 June 22, “Snakes and ladders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 76:
   • If the citizens must follow the law, then the government must follow the constitution.
4. (uncountable) The management or control of a system.
   • The government of the Church is maintained without material alteration in a settled hierarchical form. 1908, Walter Frederic Adeney, The Greek and Eastern churches, page 275:
   • Ainsi, dans une société donnée, l’autorité de l’homme sur l’homme est en raison inverse du développement intellectuel auquel cette société est parvenue, et la durée probable de cette autorité peut être calculée sur le désir plus ou moins général d’un gouvernement vrai, c’est-à-dire, d’un gouvernement selon la science. 1849 [1840], Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, “Chapitre V. Second Partie. § 2.”, in Qu’est ce que la propriété?, page 242; English translation from “Chapter V. Part Second. § 2.”, in Benjamin Tucker, transl., What Is Property?, translation of original in French, 1876, page 277:
   • Whereas it is expedient to amend the law relating to the government of Her Majesty's Navy, whereon, under the good Providence of God, the wealth, safety and strength of the Kingdom so much depend: 1957, Parliament of the United Kingdom, “Preamble”, in Naval Discipline Act 1957, page 14:
5. (countable, uncountable) The tenure of a head of government; the ministry or administration led by a specified individual.
   • The Sunak government announced plans to stem the flow of migrants coming into Great Britain.
6. (countable, uncountable) In a parliamentary system, the political party or coalition in power; its condition of being in power.
7. (countable, qualifier:debating, uncountable) The team tasked with presenting and speaking in favour of a resolution, as opposed to the opposition.
8. (countable, uncountable) A guberniya.
   • with its centre in Liubawitz, in the Government of Mohilev. 1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 418:
9. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable) Ellipsis of government name, one's legal name according to a government.
   alt of government name
   alt of one's legal name according to a government

Forms

Antonyms

people · uprising · shadow government · insurgency · chaos · rebellion · anarchy

Coordinates

agreement · concordance · state · concord · opposition

Deriveds

branch of government · government house · head of government · governmenty · eGovernment · governmentwise · government note · machine of government · G2P · microgovernment · misgovernment · government expenditure · caretaker government · governmental · govware · self-government · governmentless · government-in-exile · government security · subgovernment · seat of government · central government · nongovernment · form of government · G2Px · governmentese · government issue · government formation · pseudogovernment · governmentist · close enough for government work · in government · governmentism · government in exile · governmentlike · antigovernment · Jewish occupation government · malgovernment · government wharf · pro-government · zombie government · government trophy · government man · rotation government · government-to-person · good enough for government work · countergovernment · progovernment · government bond · government stroke · cogovernment · government debt · selfgovernment · cybergovernment · government-owned and controlled corporation · non-government · anti-government · Zionist occupation government · government legal · supergovernment · governmentish · undergovernment · government shutdown · government purchases · e-government · government agent · government name · band government · government cheese · government spending · Government House · governmentwide · government take · government failure · quasigovernment

Descendants

govament · gavman · gavman · gavman

Holonyms

society

Hypernyms

administration

Hyponyms

republic · decadarchy · duodecimate · aristocracy · pentarchy · sevirate · municipal government · unitary government · septemvirate · quatrumvirate · minority government · representative government · undecimvirate · vigintivirate · duumvirate · government-general · provisional government · viceroyalty · military government · heptarchy · tetradarchy · myriarchy · local government · quadrumvirate · invisible government · kleptocracy · decarchy · duopoly · vizierate · presidency · millionocracy · secret government · meritocracy · sextumvirate · puppet government · monarchy · quattuorvirate · regency · autarchy · hecatarchy · plutocracy · majority government · centumvirate · octarchy · triarchy · shadow government · sexvirate · hexarchy · decemvirate · petticoat government · autocracy · triumvirate · tandemocracy · tetrarchy · duodecimvirate · quinquevirate · democracy · octovirate · people's republic · quindecemvirate · feudalism · millocracy · federal government · biarchy · interim government · quartumvirate · troika · tyranny · polyarchy · eparchy · despotism · consulate · oligarchy · monocracy · chiliarchy · parliamentary government · dodecarchy · bigmanism · governate · big government · dictatorship · novemvirate · duarchy · theocracy · quingentumvirate · diarchy · hecatontarchy

Relateds

govern · ocracy · governor · power · authority · :Template:rule by a number of people · :Category:en:Forms of government · Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class V § 737a. Government · governance

Synonyms

government · governance (administration, esp. over a country) · regimen · administration · statism (administration, esp. over a country) · state · management (administration, esp. over a country) · rection · administration (administration, esp. over a country)

Translations (267)

ta அரசு (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · lt valdžia (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ms pemerintah (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ak aban (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · az hakimiyyət (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · fr rection (grammar: relationship between a word and its dependents) · be ўрад (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · bua засаглал (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ps دولت (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · bi gavman (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ga rialtas (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · udm правительство (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · kk үкімет (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · pl rząd (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · mn засгийн газар засгийн ордон (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · hak 政府 (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · lo ລັດຖະບານ (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · pl władza (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ne सरकार (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · nan-hbl 政府 (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · af regering (state and its administration) · fi hallinta (management or control of a system) · tr hükûmet (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · shn ဢၸူဝ်းယႃႉ (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · so dowlad (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · scn cuvernu (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ia governamento (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ja 支配 (grammar: relationship between a word and its dependents) · hy կառավարություն (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · fi valtiovalta (state and its administration) · sq qeveri (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · mnb pamarinta (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · nl rectie (grammar: relationship between a word and its dependents) · ta ஆட்சி (management or control of a system) · bo གཞུང (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ro recțiune (grammar: relationship between a word and its dependents) · scn guvernu (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · hu kormány (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ka მთავრობა (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · gd riaghaltas (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · cy rheolaeth (grammar: relationship between a word and its dependents) · ta அரசாங்கம் (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · kn ಸರಕಾರ (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · pl rekcja (grammar: relationship between a word and its dependents) · lv valdība (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · de Rektion (grammar: relationship between a word and its dependents) · nn regjering (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ur سَرْکار (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · bar Regiarung (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · la gubernātiō (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · da styring (management or control of a system) · yi מלוכה (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · sv regering (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ki thirikari (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · sa राजता (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · et valitsus (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · bn দৌলত (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ko 정부 (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · uk держа́ва (state and its administration) · fur guviêr (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · mnc ᡩᠠᠰᠠᠨ ᠶᠠᠮᡠᠨ (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · sw serikali (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · sc cuberru (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · fi hallitus (state and its administration) · wuu 政府 (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · eu gobernu (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · nl overheid (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ceb kagamhanan (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · om mootummaa (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ug ھۆكۈمەت (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · nn styremakter (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · sa शासन (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · tpi gavman (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · dz སྲིད་གཞུང (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · es rección (grammar: relationship between a word and its dependents) · pt governo (state and its administration) · ky өкмөт (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · pt regência (grammar: relationship between a word and its dependents) · bg прави́телство (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · da øvrighed (state and its administration) · cop ⲙⲁⲛⲉⲣϣⲓϣⲓ (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · lld guviern (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · mk управа (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · mt gvern (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · mr सरकार (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ce правительство (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · yue 政府 (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · fa-cls حُکُومَت (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · fa-cls دَوْلَت (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · rue воло́да (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · sah дьаһалта (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · za cwngfuj (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ja 政府 (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · km រដ្ឋបាល (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ka ხელმძღვანელობა (grammar: relationship between a word and its dependents) · ht gouvènman (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · nb styresmakter (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · he מֶמְשָׁלָה (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · fi toimikausi (tenure of a chief of state) · pt governo (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · fy regear (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · az hökümət (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · vec goerno (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · lt vyriausybė (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · lez гьукумат (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · sv rektion (grammar: relationship between a word and its dependents) · rue вла́да (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · km រដ្ឋាភិបាល (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · gd riaghladh (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · an gubierno (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ota سیاست (management or control of a system) · sh vláda (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · sl vlada (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ka მმართველობა (grammar: relationship between a word and its dependents) · ur حُکُومَت (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · da regering (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · uk вла́да (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ang gerec (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · tk hökümet (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · khb ᦟᦱᦋᦂᦱᧃ (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · gl goberno (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · fy regear (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · uz hukumat (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · de Regierung (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · sk vláda (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · mk влада (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · da stat (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · luy eserikali (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · li Regiering (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · sc cuvrenu (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · it controllo (management or control of a system) · pdt Rejierunk (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · mn ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠭ (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ast gobiernu (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · sh вла́да (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · sa नृपक्रिया (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · tl gobyerno (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · bn সরকার (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · yi ממשלה (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · th รัฐบาล (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ta அரசாங்கம் (state and its administration) · sc cuverrinu (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · sv styrning (grammar: relationship between a word and its dependents) · id pemerintah (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · grc κυβερνισμός (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · fi hallitus (tenure of a chief of state) · myv правительство (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ml സർക്കാർ (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · tt хөкүмәт (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · fa-ira دُوْلَت (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · nn myndigheiter (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · kmr hikûmet (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · rsk влада (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · uk у́ряд (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · is ríkisstjórn (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ru госуда́рство (state and its administration) · nb regjering (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · nb myndigheter (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · cy llywodraeth (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · fa-ira حُکومَت (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · av хӏукумат (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · udm кивалтон (grammar: relationship between a word and its dependents) · vec governo (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · mfe gouvernman (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · mi kāwanatanga (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · da regering (tenure of a chief of state) · ti መንግስቲ (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · tg ҳукумат (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · si රජය (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · la administrātiō (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · pap gobernashon (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ru управле́ние (grammar: relationship between a word and its dependents) · cmn 政府 (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · or ସରକାର (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · fr gouvernement (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · udm кивалтэт (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · pl związek rządu (grammar: relationship between a word and its dependents) · hi हुकूमत (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · khb ᦵᦐᦲᦷᦜᧂ (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · pa ਸਰਕਾਰ (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · te సర్కారు (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ckb حکوومەت (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · uk керува́ння (grammar: relationship between a word and its dependents) · vi chính phủ (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · mn ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠭ ᠦᠨ ᠭᠠᠵᠠᠷ (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · gu સરકાર (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · haw aupuni (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · tg давлат (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · kum гьукумат (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · nl regering (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ba хөкүмәт (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · yo ìjọba (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · jam govament (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · fi rektio (grammar: relationship between a word and its dependents) · cs vláda (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · myv масторонь ветямо (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · vec guerno (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · scn cuviernu (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ace peumeurèntah (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · te ప్రభుత్వం (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · pcm goment (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · am መንግሥት (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · scn guviernu (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · is stjórn (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · sc guvernu (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ext gobielnu (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ang ealdordom (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · xal залвр (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ta ஆட்சி (tenure of a chief of state) · my အစိုးရ (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · br gouarnamant (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · io guvernerio (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · oc govèrn (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · de Regierung (state and its administration) · fy regearing (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · tl pamahalaan (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · mn засаг (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · be ура́д (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ro guvern (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · sah бырабыыталыстыба (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · vo reiganef (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · dng җынфу (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · hi सरकार (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ms kerajaan (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · cdo 政府 (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · el κυβέρνηση (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · af regering (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ta அரசு (state and its administration) · it governo (state and its administration) · as চৰকাৰ (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · gsw Regierig (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · shn လူင်ပွင်ၸိုင်ႈ (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · mr शासन (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ce ӏедал (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ca govern (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ka ხელისუფლება (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ext gobiernu (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · nrf gouvèrnément (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ur دَولَت (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · pt controle (management or control of a system) · co guvernu (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ps سرکار (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · eo registaro (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · it reggenza (grammar: relationship between a word and its dependents) · es gobierno (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ang leodweard (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ka მართვა (grammar: relationship between a word and its dependents) · khb ᦉᦐᦱᧄ (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ang anweald (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ps حکومت (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · yi רעגירונג (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · lus sorkar (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · nn styresmakter (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · sa राज्य (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · fi hallitus (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ru прави́тельство (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ckb حوکمەت (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · az dövlət (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ml ഭരണകൂടം (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · tum boma (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ha gwamnati (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · it governo (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · bn হুকুমত (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ar حُكُومَة (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ny boma (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · mn ᠵᠠᠰᠠᠭ ᠦᠨ ᠣᠷᠳᠣᠨ (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws) · ksw ကီၢ်ပဒိၣ် (body with the power to make and/or enforce laws)