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How to pronounce government in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms administration, governance, governing, government activity
Type of social control
Has types legislating, lawmaking, legislation, misgovernment, misrule, trust busting
Derivation govern


he had considerable experience of government.
Type Words
Synonyms authorities, regime
Type of polity
Has types federal government, downing street, authoritarian state, palace, papacy, pontificate, court, totalitarian state, stratocracy, empire, military government, ancien regime, state government, state, bureaucracy, royal court, puppet state, puppet government, pupet regime, authoritarian regime, government-in-exile, totalitation regime, local government
Derivation govern


the government reduced taxes.
Type Words
Synonyms political science, politics
Type of social science
Has types geopolitics, practical politics, realpolitik
Type Words
Type of system, system of rules
Derivation govern


tyrannical government.

Examples of government

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He also said the government will continue to promote its horse adoption program.
From the dailyherald.com
The federal government recently approved IEMA's Illinois Hazard Mitigation Plan.
From the dailyherald.com
The federal government will rebate 45 percent of the interest paid on the bonds.
From the dailyherald.com
Adding insult to injury, he cites government sanctions regulating relationships.
From the dailyherald.com
In the end, closing the museum would certainly save state government some money.
From the thenewstribune.com
In recent months, he began posting anti-government writings on various websites.
From the usatoday.com
You can't depend on a government regulation or a grant or a subsidy to help you.
From the usatoday.com
The federal government filed a lawsuit soon afterward to invalidate the measure.
From the washingtontimes.com
When it comes to personal protection, the Mexican government gets the last word.
From the washingtontimes.com
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  • The organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities"
  • (government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed; "tyrannical government"
  • Politics: the study of government of states and other political units
  • (governmental) relating to or dealing with the affairs or structure of government or politics or the state; "governmental policy"; "public confidence and governmental morale"
  • A government is the organization, or agency through which a political unit exercises its authority, controls and administers public policy, and directs and controls the actions of its members or subjects.
  • In grammar and theoretical linguistics, government refers to the relationship between a word and its dependents. There is a traditional notion of government, and a highly specialized definition used in some generative models of syntax.
  • Government Street is the name given to U.S. Route 90 and portions of U.S. Route 98 within the city limits of Mobile, Alabama. It is known as Government Street east of Pinehill Drive and as Government Boulevard west of Pinehill Drive. ...
  • The Government was a new wave, art punk band, primraily active in Toronto during the 1979-1981 period.
  • The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization; A group of people who hold a monopoly on the legitimate use of force in a given territory; The state and its administration viewed as the ruling political power; The management or ...