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

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

1. government, authorities, regime(noun)

   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, administration(noun)

   the act of governing; exercising authority

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

3. government(noun)

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

   "tyrannical government"

4. politics, political science, government(noun)

   the study of government of states and other political units

Wiktionary(3.93 / 16 votes)Rate this definition:

1. government(Noun)

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

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

2. government(Noun)

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

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

3. government(Noun)

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

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

4. government(Noun)

   The management or control of a system.

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

5. government(Noun)

   The tenure of a chief of state.

   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. Government(noun)

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

   Etymology: [F. gouvernement. See Govern.]

2. Government(noun)

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

   Etymology: [F. gouvernement. See Govern.]

3. Government(noun)

   the right or power of governing; authority

   Etymology: [F. gouvernement. See Govern.]

4. Government(noun)

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

   Etymology: [F. gouvernement. See Govern.]

5. Government(noun)

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

   Etymology: [F. gouvernement. See Govern.]

6. Government(noun)

   management of the limbs or body

   Etymology: [F. gouvernement. See Govern.]

7. Government(noun)

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

   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

   Is a democratic system created from an election with a number of elected members of every political party and a number of elected independent politicians elected to form an organized governing structure and system within a local area, regional area, country, europe or international united to work together, working and functioning like a business and focus positively on cocreating optimum health, democracy, human rights, shared prosperity for all, stability, unity, solidarity, cohesion, animal rights, right to life, right to housing, fasttrack of social housing, council housing, public housing and affordable housing building projects, right to free education, fasttrack of SDG social enterprise creation, right to parent, right to free preschool education, right to a standard of living, creation of a national living wage and 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 distribution of income, wealth, fairness and justness across society, the country, europe and the world and contribute to the cocreation of global 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 earn identical and equal pay. All profit earned is used to reinvest in the business where just and fair or contribute to the teams chosen local, regional, national, european or international SDG. All members of this organization are accountable to the rule of legislation like all citizens.

   Governments globally are changing with democracy as humanity chooses unity government 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 business.

   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.

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

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop:

   I am advised the high level of security is being maintained at the embassy, in light of the ongoing investigation, and out of respect for the man’s family, the Australian government will not provide further comment at this time.

2. Pilar Gil Navarro:

   One of the issues that I want to deal with is legal, safe and free abortion, in the Macri government, there is no Ministry of Health, showing that a lot would have to happen to legalize abortion, which is something Fernandez said is important as a matter of public health.

3. Adds Senator Hoeven:

   My opinion is the new government coming in is looking at this as a pragmatic way of handling it.

4. Josh Geltzer:

   These redactions at least raise eyebrows. The categories that the Freedom of Information Act allows the government to withhold are sufficiently vague that it's hard to say whether these redactions were actually in violation of that law, but does it appear suspicious given the damning nature of what was withheld, and the current government's obvious motivation for withholding it.

5. Jim Kenney:

   We've got to get these weapons out of people's hands, this government, both on a federal and states level, don't want to do anything about getting these guns off the streets and out of the hands of criminals.

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