Definitions for government
ˈgʌv ərn mənt, -ər məntgov·ern·ment

Princeton's WordNet(3.30 / 40 votes)Rate this definition:

1. government, authorities, regimenoun

   the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit

   "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities"

2. government, governing, governance, government activity, administrationnoun

   the act of governing; exercising authority

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

3. governmentnoun

   (government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed

   "tyrannical government"

4. politics, political science, governmentnoun

   the study of government of states and other political units

Wiktionary(3.93 / 16 votes)Rate this definition:

1. governmentnoun

   The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization.

2. governmentnoun

   A group of people who hold a monopoly on the legitimate use of force in a given territory.

3. governmentnoun

   The state and its administration viewed as the ruling political power.

4. governmentnoun

   The management or control of a system.

5. governmentnoun

   The tenure of a chief of state.

6. Etymology: From governement, from governement (French gouvernement), from gubernatio, from κυβερνισμός, κυβέρνησις, from κυβερνάω + -ment.

Webster Dictionary(2.70 / 10 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Governmentnoun

   the act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government

2. Governmentnoun

   the mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law

3. Governmentnoun

   the right or power of governing; authority

4. Governmentnoun

   the person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling power; the administration

5. Governmentnoun

   the body politic governed by one authority; a state; as, the governments of Europe

6. Governmentnoun

   management of the limbs or body

7. Governmentnoun

   the influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case

8. Etymology: [F. gouvernement. See Govern.]

The Roycroft Dictionary(4.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. government

   A kind of legalized pillage.

U.S. National Library of Medicine(5.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Government

   The complex of political institutions, laws, and customs through which the function of governing is carried out in a specific political unit.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. government

   Generally means the constitution of our country as exercised under the legislature of king or queen, lords, and commons.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. government

   The Constitution of the United States provides that Congress shall make rules for the government and regulation of armies. By government is understood not only the body of fundamental laws of a state, but also the body of persons charged with the management of the executive power of a country; direction, power or authority which rules a community; administration; rule; management. Government of the military is that branch of the code which embraces the creation and regulation of the military hierarchy, or the gradual distribution of inferior authority. The power of making rules of government is that of supreme command, and from this living principle proceed the localization of troops, their organization and distribution; rules for rewards and punishments; and generally, all rules of government and regulation whatsoever, which the legislature may judge necessary to maintain an efficient and well-disciplined army. All authority over the land forces of the United States must, therefore, be derived from Congress. For, although the President is the commander-in-chief, yet his functions, as such, must be regulated by Congress, under the 17th clause of Sec. 8 of the Constitution, as well as under the general authority of Congress to make rules for the government and regulation of the land forces. The President cannot be divested of power which Congress may assign to any inferior military commander, because the authority of the greater includes that of the less. But all the authority over the land and naval forces, save the appointment of the commander-in-chief, rests with Congress, and no authority can be exercised not delegated by Congress, except such as may be fairly deduced from powers given for the effective discharge of the duties annexed to his office.

Editors Contribution(4.00 / 8 votes)Rate this definition:

1. government

   A system of socialist governance created from an election with a number of elected members of a socialist political party and a number of elected socialist independent politicians elected to form an organized socialist governing structure and system within a local area, regional area, country, europe or internationally united to work together, working and functioning like a social enterprise and focus positively on cocreating optimum health, democracy, human rights, socialism, equal and shared prosperity for all, stability, unity, solidarity, cohesion, animal rights, right to life, right to housing, fasttrack of social housing, council housing, public housing on public land building projects, right to free education, fasttrack of SDG social enterprise creation and development, right to parent, right to free preschool education, right to a standard of living, creation of a equal and identical wage for all system and a universal living income system, right to internet access, economic stability, financial stability, civil rights, equal rights, equal opportunities, employment rights, childrens rights, sustainable development, sustainable development goals, united partnership, multi-party working, community empowerment systems, equal redistribution of wealth, fairness and justness across society, the country, europe and the world and contribute to the cocreation of international and national peace agreements, peace treaties, the universes truth and a fair, just and transparent system of checks and balances. This group employs a moderate amount of employees who all receive equal and identical pay and holiday entitlement. All profit earned is used to reinvest in the organization where just and fair or redistribute to the united nations for the UN SDG. All members of this organization are accountable to the rule of law like all citizens.

   Governments globally are changing with democracy as humanity chooses socialist unity governments across the world where governments are united to represent the collective voice of their citizens and take collective accountability for the management of their countries and create the local, regional and national governmental structures and systems to reflect these changes and work and function like a social enterprise.

   Submitted by MaryC on August 21, 2016  

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1. government

   The government symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the government symbol and its characteristic.

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'government' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #126

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'government' in Written Corpus Frequency: #328

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'government' in Nouns Frequency: #10

How to pronounce government?

1. Alex

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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How to say government in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of government in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of government in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of government in a Sentence

1. David Webb:

   We've had a problem in this country where parents have sent their kids off for eight or so hours a day for the government to raise their children, that responsibility is yours. Once that child is out there in the world, until they are an adult, they are your responsibility. Stay involved.

2. Congressman John Lewis of Georgia:

   I believe - Itruly believe - the time to begin impeachment proceedings against this president has come, todelay or to do otherwise will betray the foundation of our democracy. CLICK HERE TO GET THE OPINION NEWSLETTER Are you confused yet ? If so, we dont blame you. If you left town for the week, you may be wondering what the hell is going on exactly. Impeachment ? For years, they told you that Donald Trump was going to be impeached for colluding with Russia, spying for Putin. Then it turned out Donald Trump didnt do that. The story evaporated into dust and seemed to blow away. Then just a few days ago, they were grumbling about impeachment again, and they dragged in Corey Lewandowski. Remember Corey Lewandowski ? They brought Corey Lewandowski to Capitol Hill to make their case. That didnt go well at all. Rep. Nadler You, D-N.Y., House Judiciary Committee chairman : And so we ask you, is it correct that as reported in the Mueller report on June 19th, 2017, you met alone in the Oval Office with the president ? Corey Lewandowski, former Donald Trump campaign manager : Did you read the exact language of the report ? I dont have it available to me. Nadler You : I dont think I need to do that. I have limited time. Did you meet alone with the President on that date ? Lewandowski : Congressman, Id like you to refresh my memory by providing a copy of the report so I can follow along. Nadler You : You dont have a copy with you ? Lewandowski I dont have a copy of the report, congressman. Nadler You dont have any independent recollection of whether you met with the President on that date. Lewandowski : Congressman, Im just trying to find in the Mueller report where it states that. Nadler You : Well, you have it in front of you. I gave you the page number. Corey Lewandowski : We are on Page 90, is it, sir ? Unidentified male : Mr. Chairman, youve got to the clock. Nadler You : No, I dont have to start the clock. Nadler You is filibustering. It didnt take much for Chairman Nadler to collapse live on C - SPAN -- pretty embarrassing. Youd think at some point, Democrats might just decide to run a real presidential campaign in 2020 and beat Donald Trump that way, just like in a democracy. It would have to be more effective than what theyre doing now, and the numbers show it. As of this morning, Donald Trump Trumps approval rating was the highest it has been since the inauguration. But no, Democrat dont want to wait until the next election. They dont want to wait until November. Politics takes too long, and it leaves too much to chance. The risk of democracy is voters might not agree with you. Hillary Clinton learned that the hard way in 2016. And the one thing Democrats dont want to do is to repeat that. Better to remove your opponents by force, if you can. Which brings us to the latest question of impeachment : What exactly is this about ? Sorry to laugh in the middle of this -- weve spent all day trying to figure out what is the impeachment story. Its about Ukraine. Its less than a week old. And so you might be forgiven for not understanding why would the president be impeached for a story that the Democrats literally cant explain ? What did the president do wrong ? Were going to do our best to tell you the case that theyre making. And honestly, as we said, its confusing and not all that interesting. Within a sentence, here is what theyre saying. Theyre saying that in a phone call with the president of Ukraine, Donald Trump threatened to delay a $ 400 million military aid package to Ukraine, unless the Ukrainian government agreed to investigate possible criminal activity involving Joe Bidens son. Why Joe Bidens son ? Well for five years, Joe Bidens son, Joe Bidens, it turns out, was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars per year to serve on the board of a Ukrainian gas company. Why would Joe Bidens son be on the board of a Ukrainian gas company ? Joe Bidens had no experience in the energy business. Joe Bidens didnt speak the relevant language. Joe Bidens apparently had no experience whatsoever in the region. It turns out at that very moment, Joe Biden was President Obamas point man for Ukraine. Oh. So at a certain point during this saga, the gas company in question was investigated. And then in 2016, the Ukrainian prosecutor overseeing that investigation was fired. Apparently, he was fired under pressure from Joe Biden. Now to the layman, that looks a lot like corruption. What does it have to do with the president being impeached ? Well, the accusation is that Donald Trump suggested that that squelched investigation deserved a second look. And Democrats say that suggestion was an impeachable offense. Are you following this ? Of course, there are plenty of other reasons that the U.S. might not want to send $ 400 million to Ukraine. Its a notoriously corrupt country, for one thing. What do we get out of it, is another. And by the way, sending military aid to Ukraine may please the neocons in CNN -- Bill Kristol was strongly for it -- but it also greatly increases the chances of conflict with Russia. And of course, that would mean nuclear conflict potentially. Whats the point of that, exactly ? Nobody has bothered to explain why sending $ 400 million in military aid to Ukraine is in the interest of the United States. They havent even thought to explain that. Theyre too busy yelling about impeachment. And theyre doing it with all the hysterical intensity that has become the hallmark of the modern left. They have a lot of energy. Too bad, none of it is focused on the countrys real problems, and there are a lot of them. We dont want to go through the same litany again, but we will hit on just a couple because theyre worth mentioning. Our national debt is exploding. And that includes credit card debt, by the way. Personal debt at Donald Trumps approval rating ever measured. We have a war in Afghanistan that we cant seem to win or end. Our towns outside the big cities are being decimated and desiccated by opioids and suicide. If you havent been there, drive through and take a look for yourself. We have basically an open border with Mexico. Tech companies trying to control our freedom of speech. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP In many ways, our country is on the wrong track, and people know it. Everybody knows it, Democrats and Republicans. But instead of trying to fix any of that, Democrats want to spend the next year explaining -- and they plan to -- why it was perfectly fair for Joe Bidens neer-do-well sonto get 600 grand a year from Ukrainian oligarchs. Thats totally fine. But its somehow criminal for Donald Trump to ask about that. Thats the message. Good luck with that. Hard to imagine many voters will be impressed by it. Adapted from Tucker Carlsons monologue from.

3. Sampson Akligoh:

   The lessons of 2012 have been so visible for the government, and the fact that it's taken them many years to correct the fiscal slippage in that year, so it's something they are very much guarding against, i am confident that they will stay the course through the elections.

4. Robert Lechler:

   Now that the direction has been set to leave the EU, it is crucial that the government develops clear plans to safeguard the future of science and research in the UK.

5. Cuitlahuac Perez:

   For now the plan is to (restart) May 18. This isn't official and so far automakers have not made any announcements on this because they need the federal government's endorsement, if we do get the endorsement, then the ramp-up will be gradual because the production requirements we have received (from clients) show a reduction of over 30% compared to three months ago.

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