Governed

What do we mean by governed?

To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.

To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.

To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.

To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.

To exercise political authority; to run a government.

To have or exercise a determining influence.

(grammar) To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word; sometimes used synonymously with collocate.

Words that are spelled similarly to governed:
governed, governer, govern, governor, covered, governess, hovered, governal, caverned, governs, overfed, overed, ungoverned, overnet, overred, governo, gouverner.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word governed:
trustees, individually, regents, board, elect, handball, governing, ration, elected, municipal, mayor, squash, partisan, elders, statutes, council, borough, federation, tribal, wards, administered, regulations, term, laws, beginning, treasurer, rules, governance, consisting, statute, representatives, constitution, charter, executive, compensation, equation, provisions, volunteer, coalition, comprising, serve, administrative, headed, terms, members, act, locally, tennis, township, consists, principles, pennsylvania, boards, authority, membership, provincial.

Adjectives that are often used to describe governed:
rule, law, self, well, miss, much, ill, worst.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective governed:
behavior, state, country, city, cities, system, states, behaviour, society, activity, countries, community, people, process, nature, world, systems, speed, nation, activities, nations, classes, class, processes, communities, universe, creativity, mind, behaviors, action, provinces, character, commonwealth, family, societies, position, order, empire, practices, colony, territory, kingdom, practice, games, school, relations, institutions, colonies, republic, word, engine, patterns, province, relationships, procedures, language, population, structures, interaction, towns, appetite, conduct, organization, town, angler, verb, land, territories, temper, noun, positions, church, element, regularities, municipalities, economy, commonwealths, procedure, market, engines, phenomenon, realm, race, play, lands, company.

Consonant match to governed:
gave and, geva and.

Words that sound like governed:
governed, govern, caverned, governor, gov, governs, govind, governour, governo, covered, gunned, governing, governess, gover, ungoverned, gouverneur, gurned, cairned, cavern, corned, covent, given, giver, geared, give in, gifford, givre, givan, give head, giffard, gehirn, givon, give on, give a hand, guard, government, gained, goverment, gavin, gourd, gard, garde, govenor, gord, go hard, gored, gand, governors, gorn, gave in, gond, gaven, gunt, garn, garnered, gowned, govan, gaver, govinda, gummed, gorny, garand, guttered, gavan, guyver, gourde, govna, garrod, governator, go around, gauvin, garney, gorney, garni, gavina, guiver, gauvain, garred, garna, go and, go-round, garrad, gauvreau, gafford, goof around, go-around, go round, governorate, cover, covert, coven, caverns, hovered, convened, coved, cavender, cund, give rise, couvert, cover band.