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government

government

1.0
The group of people who officially run a country
  • noun
  • /ˈɡʌvərnmənt/
translation icon : gobierno
  • We establish our government to protect those rights.
  • the federal government
  • the U.S. government
  • local government

Like how much taxpayer cash did the government spend last year?

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Examples

  • The new program introduced by the government aims to improve healthcare for all citizens.

  • And it's not because the government wants to help you.

  • And the Congress party government fell because of that.

  • It's because the California government is in the way.

  • You served in government for three or four years.

  • The policies of our government are not popular here in America.

  • The government ought not to allow it.

  • But he fears that any extra funding from the government will simply not be enough.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Nonetheless, there is much that the U.S. government can do to avoid the worst.

    Academic text (2011)
  • We in the United States have a government that just doesn't work.

Synonyms

state
vsgovernment
3.2

The group that makes and enforces a country's laws

is the organized group that officially controls and directs the country
regime
vsgovernment
  • Literature
535 6.1

A government that rules a country, often not democratic and strict

is the neutral organized body that officially runs a country not an authoritarian system
governing body
vsgovernment
17 3.4

A group of people or organization that manages and sets rules for an institution

is the national organization with authority to control and direct a country
people in power
vsgovernment
9 3.7

A group of people who have authority to make decisions

is the official national organization that directs the country rather than individuals
govt
vsgovernment
2 3.5

The group of people who run a country

is the full formal name rather than the short written form
authorities
vsgovernment
2.8

Official people or groups that make rules and make sure others follow them

is the national organization that officially controls and directs a country

Compounds

A national government that shares power with state governments but keeps strong central power

294 2.6

The national government of the United States with executive, legislative, and judicial branches

A person elected or appointed to carry out government work

The national group of leaders and institutions like the president, Congress, and the courts

People who run a town or city and provide local services

An official part of the government that provides a public service

68 2.4

Government that runs a state in the United States and provides services like schools and roads

US Government
  • Formal
61 3.2

The national government of the United States that makes and enforces laws through three branches

A building where government offices are

A person who works for the government and acts for it

A place where government workers do official work for the public

government bond
  • Specialized
14 2.7

A loan to a government that pays interest over time and is usually safe

A group or region that makes and follows its own rules without outside control

7 5.6

The army rules a country after it takes power

A part of government that runs public services like schools

Money a country gets from taxes and other sources to pay for public services

A person in the government who leads a department and makes rules about it

A local group of people who run a city or town

Supplies like uniforms or food given by the government to soldiers

A temporary group of leaders who live outside their country and plan to return to lead it

puppet government
  • Literature
3 5.8

A government run by another country that does what the other country wants and has little real power

Action by a government that goes too far and controls private life or business

Actions by the people who run a country or city

government security
  • Specialized
1 4.0

A bond or note that a government sells to borrow money

A former U.S. agency that printed and bound official government documents

Money a government gets, mainly from taxes, to pay for public services

A person who works for the state in an official job

A division of local government that provides services like waste collection and road repair

Paper money issued by a country's central bank used to buy things

government man
  • Archaic
6.7

A male federal agent who enforces the law

An independent U.S. agency that helps Congress check how the government spends public money

An independent agency that checks how the U.S. government spends money and reports to Congress

A former U.S. government agency that printed and bound official documents for Congress and other federal offices

A former government office that made and put together official United States documents for Congress and federal departments

A phrase used to describe the Israeli government that controls Palestinian areas, often used as an insult

How Powerful

centralism
1 7.5
regime
  • Literature
535 6.1
government
1.0
party
3.2
city council
88 2.4

Surface Forms

government singular
governments plural

Morphology

government = govern (transparent) = govern + ment

The institutional/agentive reading ('the people or organization that governs') is a standard nominal extension of 'govern' + '-ment' and remains inferable from the verb.

Etymology

Government comes from an old word meaning 'to steer', the same root as governor. So a government is the group of people who 'steer' and make decisions for a country.