govern

verb · nounA2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

governs

V_ing/Gerund

governing

V_ed/pp

governed

1.
(transitive)To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.
The old king governed the land wisely.
2.
(intransitive)To exercise political authority; to run a government.
3.
(transitive)To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.
Govern yourselves like civilized people.
a student who could not govern his impulses
4.
(transitive)To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.
Chance governs the outcome of many card games.
5.
(intransitive)To have or exercise a determining influence.
6.
(obsolete, transitive)To handle, to manage, to oversee (a matter, an affair, a household, etc.).
7.
(transitive)To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.
a valve that governs fuel intake
8.
(obsolete, transitive)To direct the course of, to guide in some direction, to steer.
9.
(obsolete, transitive)To look after, to take care of, to tend to (someone or some plant).
10.
(obsolete, transitive)To manage, to control, to work (a tool or mechanical device).
11.
(transitive)(transitive, grammar) To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word.
Đồng nghĩa: collocate

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

governs

1.
The act of governing

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

collocate

Cùng gốc / liên quan

cogoverne-governgovernablegovernategoverneegovernlessmisgovern overgovernself-govern

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English governen, governe, from - and Old French governer, guverner, from Latin gubernō, from Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (to steer, drive, govern). Displaced native wealdan, whence modern dialectical wald.