Definitions for governing
gov·ern·ing

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. government, governing, governance, government activity, administration(adj)

   the act of governing; exercising authority

   "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government"

2. governing(adj)

   responsible for making and enforcing rules and laws

   "governing bodies"

Webster Dictionary(1.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Governing

   of Govern

2. Governing(adj)

   holding the superiority; prevalent; controlling; as, a governing wind; a governing party in a state

3. Governing(adj)

   requiring a particular case

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1. governing

   Verb form of the word govern.

   The governing principle was one of honesty and integrity.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 12, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'governing' in Adjectives Frequency: #1011

How to pronounce governing?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of governing in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of governing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of governing in a Sentence

1. Michel Platini:

   During this last half-century or so, FIFA has only had two presidents, recent events force the supreme governing body of world soccer to turn over a new leaf and rethink its governance.

2. William Howard Taft:

   It is important, of course, that controversies be settled right, but there are many civil questions which arise between individuals in which it is not so important the controversy be settled one way or another as that it be settled. Of course a settlement of a controversy on a fundamentally wrong principle of law is greatly to be deplored, but there must of necessity be many rules governing the relations between members of the same society that are more important in that their establishment creates a known rule of action than that they proceed on one principle or another. Delay works always for the man with the longest purse.

3. Red Bull principal Christian Horner:

   I think it's about who controls Formula One, at the moment you've got two very powerful engine manufacturers that are working closely together and then you've got the promoter and governing body and the engine is the catalyst of that.

4. Sergio Sanchez:

   Sergio Sanchez also supports Trump's style of governing :.

5. S. E. Lindsay:

   Engineering is the practice of safe and economic application of the scientific laws governing the forces and materials of nature by means of organization, design and construction, for the general benefit of mankind.

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