to govern
171
2.9
- verb
- /ˈɡʌvərn/
:
gobernar
- Of course Scotland could govern itself, so could England.
- govern the country
- govern the state
- consent of the governed
The best economies in the world are governed by the best governments.
- The best economies in the world are governed by the best governments.
- A small coterie, a small group of people can govern a huge country, right?
- The Reichstag let him govern for now and announce new elections.
- When you say if not Hamas, who would govern Gaza?
- And we permit them to govern our lives.
- Those who think it's foolish to study politics will be governed by those fools who do.
- So China doesn't really have institutions and policies to govern workplace negotiations.
- There is how the Biden White House governs and there's how the Biden White House campaigns.
- Gaddafi didn't govern, he just tyrannized.
- This is the law that governs those who govern us.
- He actually, he says crazy rhetoric, but he governs like a moderate.
- We got to start allowing other countries to govern themselves without our coercion.
- Cynical cowards who believe the voters should not get to choose who governs this country.
- But he said, I can't govern under that kind of a fragmented environment.
- The penalty good people pay for not being involved in politics is being governed by people worse than themselves.
- Trump and and Ryan McConnell and Trump right form this uneasy alliance to govern.
- I'm talking about our way of life, which is governed by the type of of government we have.
Examples
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Basically, they get elected not on how well they govern, but on how well they lie.
Fiction book (1997) -
After the election, the new president promised to govern with integrity and transparency.
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The Labour Party returned it to service, and that is how we will govern country first, party second.
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But in reality, they govern themselves.
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And now suppose you believe yourself able to govern a people, the king continues.
Fiction book (1990) -
And we permit them to govern our lives.
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We cannot govern a country in which we cannot travel freely.
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I'm running as a proud Democrat, but I will govern as an American president for everybody.
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They saw that as part of the way you run a country and the way you govern a country.
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If the people of the North were ungovernable, he could not govern them.
Synonyms
∞
2.4
To have power over people, things, or situations
607
1.0
To be the leader of a country or group and control it
23
4.2
To be in charge of people or a place
Antonyms
How Powerful
- US
2
8.4
275
3.7
607
1.0
171
2.9
- Formal
81
4.7
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word govern comes from the old Latin word gubernare, which means 'to steer' a ship, and it is the same root as governor and government. So to govern a country is like 'steering' it—leading and controlling where it goes.