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