Definitions for government

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government gov·ern·ment

Spelling: [guhv-ern-muh nt, ‐er-muh nt]

IPA: /ˈgʌv ərn mənt, ‐ər mənt/

Government is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 365 anagrams from letters in government (eegmnnortv).

Definitions for government

noun

1. the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration:
2. the form or system of rule by which a state, community, etc., is governed:
3. the governing body of persons in a state, community, etc.; administration.
4. a branch or service of the supreme authority of a state or nation, taken as representing the whole:
5. the particular group of persons forming the cabinet at any given time: the parliament along with the cabinet:
6. direction; control; management; rule:
7. a district governed; province.
8. political science.
9. Grammar. the extablished usage that requires that one word in a sentence should cause another to be of a particular form:

Origin of government

First recorded in 1350-1400; Middle English word from Old French word governement. See govern, -ment

Examples for government

Not actual CIA agents, but U.S. government personnel who have worked very closely with the CIA, and who are fans of the show.

Harbour improvements have occupied much of the attention of government.

What other form of government, indeed, can so well deserve our esteem and love?

But most likely it was linked to the way priests identify with the poor in the face of government and criminal abuses.

I think the response of the French government so far has been pretty appropriate in that regard.

A few years back, designer John Galliano was fined by the government for sharing just such anti-semitic sentiments in public.

This is the old trick of those who would usurp the government of their country.

The United States government might not release that information for years, if ever.

Shall be happy to facilitate any despatch you may wish forwarded to your government.

Sometimes it is said that man can not be trusted with the government of himself.