What does govern mean?
Definitions for govern
ˈgʌv ərngov·ern
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word govern.
Princeton's WordNet
regulate, regularize, regularise, order, governverb
bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
"We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"
governverb
direct or strongly influence the behavior of
"His belief in God governs his conduct"
govern, ruleverb
exercise authority over; as of nations
"Who is governing the country now?"
governverb
require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood
"most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German"
Wiktionary
governverb
To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.
governverb
To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.
governverb
To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.
Chance usually governs the outcome of the game.
governverb
To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.
a valve that governs fuel intake.
governverb
To exercise political authority; to run a government.
governverb
To have or exercise a determining influence.
governverb
To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word; sometimes used synonymously with collocate.
Etymology: and governer, guberno, from κυβερνάω
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To GOVERNverb
Etymology: gouverner, French; guberno, Latin.
This inconvenience is more hard to be redressed in the governor than the governed; as a malady in a vital part is more incurable than in an external. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.
Slaves to our passions we become, and then
It grows impossible to govern men. Edmund Waller.The welfare of that is the chief point, which he is to carry always in his eye, and by which he is to govern all his counsels, designs, and actions. Francis Atterbury, Sermons.
Go after her, she’s desperate; govern her. William Shakespeare, K. Lear.
To Governverb
To keep superiority; to behave with haughtiness.
By that rule,
Your wicked atoms may be working now
To give bad counsel, that you still may govern. Dryden.
ChatGPT
govern
To govern means to conduct the policy, actions, and affairs of a state, organization, or people with authority. It may also refer to control, influence, or regulate a particular action, course, or process. Additionally, it suggests to rule over a political unit, such as a nation, state, or a city.
Webster Dictionary
Governverb
to direct and control, as the actions or conduct of men, either by established laws or by arbitrary will; to regulate by authority
Governverb
to regulate; to influence; to direct; to restrain; to manage; as, to govern the life; to govern a horse
Governverb
to require to be in a particular case; as, a transitive verb governs a noun in the objective case; or to require (a particular case); as, a transitive verb governs the objective case
Governverb
to exercise authority; to administer the laws; to have the control
Etymology: [OF. governer, F. gouverner, fr. L. gubernare to steer, pilot, govern, Gr. kyberna^n. Cf. Gubernatorial.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Govern
guv′ėrn, v.t. to direct: to control: to rule with authority: (gram.) to determine the mood, tense, or case of.—v.i. to exercise authority: to administer the laws.—adj. Gov′ernable.—ns. Gov′ernall (Spens.), government; Gov′ernance, government: control: direction: behaviour; Governante (guv-ėr-nant′, or guv′-), a governess (obs.); Gov′erness, a lady who has charge of the instruction of young ladies: a tutoress (Daily-governess, one who goes every day to her pupils' house; Nursery-, having charge of young children only, tending as well as teaching them; Resident-, living in the family of her pupils).—v.i. to act as governess.—n. Gov′erness-cart, a light two-wheeled vehicle with two face-to-face seats at the sides only.—adj. Gov′erning, having control.—n. Gov′ernment, a ruling or managing: control: system of governing: the body of persons authorised to administer the laws, or to govern a state: the territory over which sovereign power extends: (gram.) the power of one word in determining the form of another: (Shak.) conduct.—adj. of or pursued by government.—adj. Government′al, pertaining to or sanctioned by government.—ns. Gov′ernor, a ruler: one invested with supreme authority: a tutor: (slang) a father or master: (mach.) a regulator, or contrivance for maintaining uniform velocity with a varying resistance: (B.) a pilot; Gov′ernor-gen′eral, the supreme governor in a country: a viceroy; Gov′ernorship.—Governmental theory (see Grotian). [O. Fr. governer—L. gubernāre—Gr. kybernan.]
Editors Contribution
govern
To create, direct and manage using unifying, just, fair, ethical and moral thought, behavior, actions and all forms of unity governmental legislation.
All forms of unity government throughout a country create with a sense of ethics and morality to govern a nation with respect and dignity and ensure all people have optimum health, human rights, right to life and a fair share of income, wealth and resources.
Submitted by MaryC on February 15, 2020
govern
To direct and manage.
The board of directors did govern justly and effectively.
Submitted by MaryC on March 7, 2020
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
GOVERN
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Govern is ranked #71478 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Govern surname appeared 273 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Govern.
88.2% or 241 total occurrences were White.
4.7% or 13 total occurrences were Black.
2.9% or 8 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
2.5% or 7 total occurrences were of two or more races.
British National Corpus
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'govern' in Verbs Frequency: #622
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of govern in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of govern in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of govern in a Sentence
I proceed to present to you a summary of the principles which will govern me...
What happened on October 1 affected me in a powerful way, i was thinking, ‘What if they did that to my son?’ That is not democracy. ... I don’t want these people to govern my country.
This contract is going to govern our children's education for the next 50 and 60 years in the City of Providence. ... We only get one chance to do this right and this is not a decision that can be made in secret without any engagement in the community, we're here demanding that the community to have the opportunity to know what's in the contract and to be able to provide thoughts and input before it becomes official.
Not being able to govern events, I govern myself, and if they will not adapt to me, I adapt to them.
Its going to resolve the problem of saturation at the current Mexico City airport , but also be an example of how you can carry out a rational, austere policy based on honesty that needs to establish itself as the way to live and the way to govern in our country.
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- bepaal, heers, beheer, reguleer, regeerAfrikaans
- حكمArabic
- governarCatalan, Valencian
- řídit, ovládat, vládnoutCzech
- styre, bestemme, beherske, herske, regere, ledeDanish
- lenken, regulieren, regieren, regeln, reglenGerman
- gobernarSpanish
- hallita, määrätä, säätääFinnish
- gouvernerFrench
- governarGalician
- gouvèneHaitian Creole
- לִמשְׁוֹלHebrew
- reguntLatin
- kāwanaMāori
- leiden, bepalen, regeren, beheersen, regelenDutch
- rządzić, zarządzaćPolish
- governarPortuguese
- regner, reger, riger, regnarRomansh
- cârmui, regla, conduce, regulariza, reglementa, dirija, guvernaRomanian
- управлять, владеть, править, регулировать, влиятьRussian
- gruvennae, cuberrare, guvernai, guvernareSardinian
- vládnuť, riadiťSlovak
- härska, regeraSwedish
- ஆட்சிTamil
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