What does government mean?
Definitions for government
ˈgʌv ərn mənt, -ər məntgov·ern·ment
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word government.
Princeton's WordNet
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"
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"
government(noun)
(government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed
"tyrannical government"
politics, political science, government(noun)
the study of government of states and other political units
Wiktionary
government(Noun)
The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization.
government(Noun)
A group of people who hold a monopoly on the legitimate use of force in a given territory.
government(Noun)
The state and its administration viewed as the ruling political power.
government(Noun)
The management or control of a system.
government(Noun)
The tenure of a chief of state.
Origin: From governement, from governement (French gouvernement), from gubernatio, from κυβερνισμός, κυβέρνησις, from κυβερνάω + -ment.
Webster Dictionary
Government(noun)
the act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government
Government(noun)
the mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law
Government(noun)
the right or power of governing; authority
Government(noun)
the person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling power; the administration
Government(noun)
the body politic governed by one authority; a state; as, the governments of Europe
Government(noun)
management of the limbs or body
Government(noun)
the influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case
Origin: [F. gouvernement. See Govern.]
The Roycroft Dictionary
government
A kind of legalized pillage.
U.S. National Library of Medicine
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
government
Generally means the constitution of our country as exercised under the legislature of king or queen, lords, and commons.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
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
government
Is a system of authority created, designed and empowered within a country, kingdom, sovereign or state to govern that country, kingdom, sovereign or state consisting of political structures and systems with just, transparent and public policies, processes, procedures, checks and balances with a number of specific electoral constituencies where the electorate are empowered to elect political candidates to a political position within government through just, transparent and free elections that represent and reflect the collective choices, will and voices of the electorate and citizens. Through democracy this authority is empowered to create, manage, distribute, provide, redistribute and fund evidence based public policy, public funds, public budgets, justice, law, legislation, welfare and other vital structures and systems vital to perform the obligations and functions of government based on the principles of human rights in accordance with international law and use law, legislation and technology to empower the electorate, citizens and people to contribute, choose, decide and have an input on a local, regional and national level into all forms of government to ensure every community, village, region, town and city receives a just empowerment and distribution of power, income, political structure, authority and systems to govern they way they need to achieve their local, regional and national development plans.
Government in the 21st century is changing along with democracy as humanity needs it and people across the Earth recognize and respect this.
Submitted by MaryC on August 21, 2016
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'government' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #126
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'government' in Written Corpus Frequency: #328
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'government' in Nouns Frequency: #10
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of government in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of government in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of government in a Sentence
The government is lying.
I don't trust the government.
This is the Nepal government.
The government is good with it.
No government is above the law.
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- regeringAfrikaans
- gobiernoAragonese
- حكومةArabic
- dövlət, hökümətAzerbaijani
- хөкүмәтBashkir
- ура́д, ўрадBelarusian
- прави́телствоBulgarian
- সরকার, সর্কারBengali
- gouarnamant, gouarnamantoùBreton
- governCatalan, Valencian
- guvernuCorsican
- vládaCzech
- llywodraethWelsh
- regeringDanish
- RegierungGerman
- κυβέρνησηGreek
- registaro, regado, registaraEsperanto
- gobiernoSpanish
- valitsusEstonian
- gobernuBasque
- دولت, حکومتPersian
- valtiojohto, hallitus, hallintoFinnish
- gouvernementFrench
- regearWestern Frisian
- rialtasIrish
- riaghaltas, riaghladhScottish Gaelic
- gobernoGalician
- ממשלהHebrew
- सरकारHindi
- gouvènmanHaitian Creole
- kormányHungarian
- կառավարությունArmenian
- governamentoInterlingua
- pemerintahIndonesian
- guvernado, gubernoIdo
- governoItalian
- 支配, 政府Japanese
- მთავრობაGeorgian
- үкіметKazakh
- រដ្ឋាភិបាលKhmer
- 정부, 政府Korean
- حوکمهتKurdish
- өкмөтKyrgyz
- administratio, gubernatio, imperiumLatin
- ລັດຖະບານLao
- valdžia, vyriausybėLithuanian
- valdībaLatvian
- kāwanatangaMāori
- у́права, вла́даMacedonian
- സര്ക്കാര്Malayalam
- засгийн газаарMongolian
- kerajaan, pemerintahMalay
- gvernMaltese
- အစိုးရBurmese
- regjeringNorwegian
- overheid, regeringDutch
- regjeringNorwegian Nynorsk
- rządPolish
- governoPortuguese
- guvernRomanian
- прави́тельство, управле́ниеRussian
- cuvrenu, cuberru, cuverrinu, guvernuSardinian
- влада, vladaSerbo-Croatian
- vládaSlovak
- vladaSlovene
- qeveriAlbanian
- regeringSwedish
- serikaliSwahili
- அரசுTamil
- సర్కారు, ప్రభుత్వంTelugu
- давлатTajik
- รัฐบาลThai
- hökümetTurkmen
- pamahalaan, gobyernoTagalog
- hükûmetTurkish
- хөкүмәтTatar
- ھۆكۈمەتUyghur, Uighur
- у́рядUkrainian
- سرکار, حکومتUrdu
- hukumatUzbek
- chính phủ, 政府Vietnamese
- 政府Chinese
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