governmental
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3.6
- adjective
- /ˌɡʌvərˈmɛntəl/
:
gubernamental
- As far as the media and all the governmental agencies are concerned.
- governmental regulations
- governmental policy
- governmental action
These are no longer possible if there is no military governmental structure.
- These are no longer possible if there is no military governmental structure.
- So that's an example of governmental compliance.
- Because it's like, hey, hey, hey, governmental body.
- Is there another governmental currency that has more respectability, less inflation?
- And so the geography determined a lot about how the governmental structure ended up, the geography and the culture.
- And the Supreme Court said the First Amendment, freedom of the press Trump's any governmental interest in keeping something classified.
- No, no, so so the truck that took us in to Sarajevo was part of a, a group, an NGO, non governmental organization.
- And I would love to know the organizational structure, the governmental structure of China, how they enable it.
- That's, you know, up for debate, but they also have lots of both governmental and non governmental organizations that track space objects as well.
- They are in an area that does not receive governmental support and they need clean water and they need compost toilets.
- So at a governmental level, I think we could help things by not allowing food stamps to be able to be used to buy junk food.
- You could have a private Lord which serves and a governmental Lord which serves.
- And that's a, that was not a heavy governmental hand, that was just take off, right?
- It's, it's not a, it's right, it's, it doesn't know a governmental bounds.
Examples
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Letters could be written to governmental officials on ways to curb the causes of violence.
Academic text (1999) -
The extent to which various Chinese governmental institutions shape or support the present policy is unknown.
Academic text (1990) -
These are no longer possible if there is no military governmental structure.
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If many must live together for governmental purposes, at least they should be comfortable.
Fiction book (2000) -
There must not be a governmental agency that is so mighty as to be allowed to exist outside the laws of this country.
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How should academic social work think about the implications and effects of the governmental funding of research?
Academic text (2011) -
Depending on the purposes and design of the swap, it may strengthen governmental institutions to some extent.
Academic text (1990) -
Cultural understanding between governmental and nongovernmental organizations is just as important and will help reduce friction.
Academic text (2011) -
The population in Amazonia is predominantly urban, despite massive governmental investment in rural development.
Academic text (1990) -
The governmental agency issued new regulations to improve public safety.
Synonyms
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2.9
About government and public issues that affect people
Antonyms
How Governmental
Surface Forms
Morphology
governmental = government (transparent) = government + al
The adjective is a direct and regular formation from 'government' with the suffix '-al', meaning 'relating to'.
Etymology
Governmental comes from the word govern, which meant 'to steer' (like a captain steering a ship) and later 'to rule', and you can see the same root in governor. So governmental describes things that belong to the people or groups that 'steer' or 'rule' a country.