government
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noun
1.
2.
the form or system of rule by which a state, community, etc., is governed: monarchical government; episcopal government.
3.
the governing body of persons in a state, community, etc.; administration.
4.
a branch or service of the supreme authority of a state or nation, taken as representing the whole: a dam built by the government.
5.
a.
the particular group of persons forming the cabinet at any given time: The Prime Minister has formed a new government.
b.
the parliament along with the cabinet: The government has fallen.
Related forms
gov·ern·men·tal·ly, adverb
coun·ter·gov·ern·ment, noun
non·gov·ern·ment, noun
non·gov·ern·men·tal, adjective
pro-gov·ern·ment, adjective
re·gov·ern·ment, noun
sem·i·gov·ern·men·tal, adjective
sem·i·gov·ern·men·tal·ly, adverb
sub·gov·ern·ment, noun
un·der·gov·ern·ment, noun
un·gov·ern·men·tal, adjective
un·gov·ern·men·tal·ly, adverb
Pronunciation note
Normal phonological processes are reflected in a variety of pronunciations for government. Most commonly, the first [n] of [guhv-ern-muh
nt] assimilates to the immediately following [m] with the resulting identical nasal sounds coalescing to give the pronunciation [guhv-er-muhnt]. This pronunciation is considered standard and occurs throughout the U.S. For speakers in regions where postvocalic [r] is regularly lost, as along the Eastern Seaboard and in the South, the resulting pronunciation is [guhv-uh-muhnt] or, with loss of the medial unstressed vowel, [guhv-muhnt]. Further assimilation, in which the labiodental [v] in anticipation of the bilabial quality of the following [m] becomes the bilabial stop [b] leads in the South Midland and Southern U.S. to the pronunciation [guhb-muhnt] See isn't.
Normal phonological processes are reflected in a variety of pronunciations for government. Most commonly, the first
[n] of [guhv-ern-muhnt] assimilates to the immediately following [m] with the resulting identical nasal sounds coalescing to give the pronunciation [guhv-er-muhnt]. This pronunciation is considered standard and occurs throughout the U.S. For speakers in regions where postvocalic [r] is regularly lost, as along the Eastern Seaboard and in the South, the resulting pronunciation is [guhv-uh-muhnt] or, with loss of the medial unstressed vowel, [guhv-muhnt]. Further assimilation, in which the labiodental [v] in anticipation of the bilabial quality of the following [m] becomes the bilabial stop [b] leads in the South Midland and Southern U.S. to the pronunciation [guhb-muhnt] See isn't.
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government (ˈɡʌvənmənt, ˈɡʌvəmənt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the exercise of political authority over the actions, affairs, etc, of a political unit, people, etc, as well as the performance of certain functions for this unit or body; the action of governing; political rule and administration |
| 2. | the system or form by which a community, etc, is ruled: tyrannical government |
| 3. | a. the executive policy-making body of a political unit, community, etc; ministry or administration: yesterday we got a new government |
| b. (capital when of a specific country): the British Government | |
| 4. | a. the state and its administration: blame it on the government |
| b. (as modifier): a government agency | |
| 5. | regulation; direction |
| 6. | grammar the determination of the form of one word by another word |
| governmental | |
| —adj | |
| govern'mentally | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
government
1550s, "system by which a thing is governed" (especially a state), from O.Fr. governement (Mod.Fr. gouvernement), from governer (see govern). Replaced M.E. governance. Meaning "action of governing" is from 1560s; meaning "governing power" in a given place is from 1702.
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Example sentences
Government trucks racing through village streets blaring warnings didn't do it.
Government officials said the snow, when it melts in the spring, should end a near-decade long dry spell.
Adding solar power to natural gas plants isn't a new idea, but it hasn't been economical without government subsidies.
The government of the world must be entrusted to satisfied nations, who wished nothing more for themselves than what they had.
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