govern

Meaning of govern

noun

The act of governing

verb
  1. To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.
    The old king governed the land wisely.
  2. To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.
    Govern yourselves like civilized people.
  3. To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.
    Chance governs the outcome of many card games.
  4. To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.
    a valve that governs fuel intake
  5. To exercise political authority; to run a government.
  6. To have or exercise a determining influence.
  7. (grammar) To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word; sometimes used synonymously with collocate.

Information about govern

  • The plural form of govern is: governs.
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Hyphenation of govern

gov-ern

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • govern is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

govern synonyms

Meaning regulate:

regulate, regularize, order

Meaning rule:

rule

Translation of govern

Words that rhyme with govern

Vern, Klavern, Lavern, Magavern, antecavern, avern, cavern, incavern, klavern, tavern, Severn, demiwivern, wivern, Malvern, Melvern, silvern, Magovern, McGovern, misgovern, overgovern, regovern, supergovern, wyvern

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