government
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Noun (4)governments
- the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit“the government reduced taxes”“the matter was referred to higher authorities”Synonyms: authoritiesregimeType of polityKinds state, federal government, state government, court, palace, empire, local government, authoritarian state, ancien regime, bureaucracy +6 moreParts administration, judiciaryMembers legislature, division, judiciary, executive, government department, government officials
- the act of governing; exercising authority“regulations for the governing of state prisons”“he had considerable experience of government”Synonyms: governinggovernancegovernment activityadministrationType of social controlKinds legislation, misgovernment, trust busting
- (government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed“tyrannical government”Type of system, system of rules
- the study of government of states and other political unitsSynonyms: politicspolitical scienceType of social scienceKinds realpolitik, geopolitics
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Translations
Noun body that governs a state
- Spanish
- gobierno
- French
- gouvernement
- German
- Regierung
- Italian
- governo
- Portuguese
- governo
- Turkish
- hükûmet
- Russian
- прави́тельство pravítelʹstvo
- Arabic
- حُكُومَة ḥukūma
- Chinese
- 政府 zhèngfǔ
- Japanese
- 政府 seifu
32 more languages
- Dutch
- regering
- Polish
- rząd
- Swedish
- regering
- Greek
- κυβέρνηση kyvérnisi
- Korean
- 정부 jeongbu
- Indonesian
- pemerintah
- Vietnamese
- chính phủ
- Hungarian
- kormány
- Portuguese (PT)
- governo
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 政府 zhèngfǔ
- Albanian
- qeveri
- Catalan
- govern
- Czech
- vláda
- Danish
- regering
- Esperanto
- registaro
- Estonian
- valitsus
- Finnish
- hallitus
- Georgian
- მთავრობა mtavroba
- Hebrew
- מֶמְשָׁלָה memshalá
- Icelandic
- ríkisstjórn
- Kurdish
- hikûmet
- Latvian
- valdība
- Lithuanian
- vyriausybė
- Norwegian
- regjering
- Romanian
- guvern
- Scottish Gaelic
- riaghaltas
- Serbo-Croatian
- vlada
- Slovak
- vláda
- Slovenian
- vlada
- Swahili
- serikali
- Welsh
- llywodraeth
- Yiddish
- רעגירונג regirung
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: F. gouvernement. See Govern.
1. The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government.
2. The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law.
That free government which we have so dearly purchased, free commonwealth.— John Milton
3. The right or power of governing; authority.
I here resign my government to thee.— William Shakespeare
4. The person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling power; the administration.
When we, in England, speak of the government, we generally understand the ministers of the crown for the time being.— Mozley & W.
5. The body politic governed by one authority; a state; as, the governments of Europe.
6. Management of the limbs or body. William Shakespeare
7. Grammar The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54