to govern
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3.2
- verb
- /ˈɡʌvərn/
:
regir
- The laws that govern our society play a crucial role in maintaining order.
- govern social behavior
- principles that govern
- govern our lives
Those containment fields are governed by sacred geometry.
- Those containment fields are governed by sacred geometry.
- Now the timing of that body clock is governed by two things.
- There's one thing that governs all of it, and it governs everybody's path differently.
- Because the nose is governing how much air is coming into your body.
- So it's aesthetic criteria, aesthetic motivations that govern philosophy.
- And that sacredness is to have true beliefs about this super being and to govern your life accordingly.
- He says crazy stuff and then he governs relatively moderately.
Examples
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They need to limit, govern and guide what their kids are doing.
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What are the values that govern the future of the world?
Academic text (2013) -
Well, I think it does govern our personal actions.
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The people you want to allow to govern themselves.
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We are not bound by them; they do not govern what is to be.
Fiction book (1991) -
Perhaps you, too, should learn to govern your emotions, Doctor.
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People are not governed by what happened to them in the past.
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I govern my life around my own personal code of ethics, and I suggest you do the same.
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And it was that belief that governed what I said in the House.
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As we discuss below, descriptive norms can play an important role in governing people's behaviors.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
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2.4
To have power over people, things, or situations
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1.0
To be the leader of a country or group and control it
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3.4
To control something using rules or laws
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5.0
To give orders that control what other people do
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4.2
To be in charge of people or a place
Antonyms
How Influential
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word govern comes from Latin gubernare, which means 'to steer'. So if a belief or rule governs someone, it 'steers' their behaviour and choices.