US Government
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3.2
- proper noun
- /juːˈɛs ˈɡʌvərnmənt/
- Formal
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Gobierno de los Estados Unidos
- The US government announced a new plan to improve healthcare access for all citizens.
- US Government policy
- US Government agencies
- a US Government official
So you got the US government selling oil.
- So you got the US government selling oil.
- What that means is the US government has to print more fake money.
- And that really got the attention of the US government.
- So people, I don't trust the US government.
- Like the dude that found the Titanic was funded by the US government as a cover story.
- So the US government cannot infringe certain rights of speech.
- They've been taken from us by the US government.
- But anyway, but this caused a diplomatic row between the Indian government and the US government Preet.
- Well, I know that Jeff Bezos knows that his number one obstacle now is the US government.
- The militant Christian nationalism that's infected the US government.
- And stimulants are among the most widely misused prescription drugs, according to the US government.
- So Americans end up paying a lot more for those goods that the US government won't let us buy from Russia.
- That's probably because frankly the US government has sort of insured all deposits in Infinity.
Examples
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That discovery launched the most comprehensive research program ever undertaken by the US government.
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The executive and legislative branches of the US government are usually responsive to effective pressure groups.
Academic text (1992) -
And like them or not, the New York Times just got a hold of this, the US government response plan.
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Whatever the truth, the US government and military needed to know and fast.
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The proposals presented here do not necessarily represent the policies or positions of the US government.
Academic text (2011) -
What do you think are the best next steps that DoD and others in the US government can take to really restore that trust?
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Eventually, the US government will make a policy adjustment to avoid a direct showdown of force.
Academic text (2000) -
Because today, the White House launched the US government's free COVID testing kit website, covidtests.gov.
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So when General Motors got into a crisis, the US government bailed out General Motors.
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Last year the US government gave $210 million in military assistance to the French in Indochina.
Synonyms
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1.0
The group of people who officially run a country
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3.2
A national government that shares power with state governments but keeps strong central power
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2.6
The national government of the United States with executive, legislative, and judicial branches
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2.5
The national group of leaders and institutions like the president, Congress, and the courts
The national government that makes and enforces laws in the United States
Surface Forms
Morphology
US + government
The meaning (the federal institutions of the United States) is directly and transparently compositional from 'US' (United States) + 'government' (the institutional system that governs). This proper-name + noun naming pattern is common and cross-linguistically regular, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
US Government comes from the country's name, the US, and the word Government, meaning the people and groups who make and carry out the country's laws. When the states came together to form one nation, they set up these national parts, so today US Government means the national groups that run the country.