Government

Word GOVERNMENT
Character 10
Hyphenation gov ern ment
Pronunciations /ˈɡʌvə(n)mənt/

Definitions and meanings of "Government"

What do we mean by government?

The act or process of governing, especially the control and administration of public policy in a political unit. noun

The office, function, or authority of a governing individual or body. noun

Exercise of authority in a political unit; rule. noun

The agency or apparatus through which a governing individual or body functions and exercises authority. noun

A governing body or organization, as. noun

The ruling political party or coalition of political parties in a parliamentary system. noun

The cabinet in a parliamentary system. noun

The persons who make up a governing body. noun

A system or policy by which a political unit is governed. noun

Administration or management of an organization, business, or institution. noun

Political science. noun

The influence of a word over the morphological inflection of another word in a phrase or sentence. noun

Guidance; direction; regulation; management; control: as, the government of one's conduct. noun

The exercise of authority in the administration of the affairs of a state, community, or society; the authoritative direction and restraint. exercised over the actions of men in communities, societies, or states. noun

The system of polity or body of principles and rules by which the affairs of a state, community, or society are administered; an established or prescribed method of guiding, directing, or managing affairs: as, representative or constitutional government; monarchical or republican government; the presbyterian, episcopal, or congregational form of church government. noun

The governing body of persons in a state or community; the executive power; the administration. noun

A state or body politic governed by one authority; a province or division of territory ruled by a governor. noun

Right of governing; administrative authority; the office or function of one charged with the direction and control of affairs. noun

Conduct or behavior; self-control or restraint. noun

In grammar, the established usage which requires that one word in a sentence should cause another to be of a particular form; grammatical regimen. noun

The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization.

(grammar) The relationship between a word and its dependents.

The state and its administration viewed as the ruling political power.

The management or control of a system.

The tenure of a chief of state.

The government is you and me and you've all been trained to forget that by the ones pretending to be our masters! turn off the television! it's only there to distract you and to make your mind up for you! They've been telling us how it's going to be... wait a second! were supposed to be doing that! Urban Dictionary

A person's legal name, as opposed to an A.K.A. or nickname, the avoidance of which is usually preferred by those involved in illegal business. Urban Dictionary

The government is an entity inside a nation (or in the case of federations, a lesser being) that is tasked for running said entity. In forms such as democracy, the government is chosen by the people, while other forms can hold more tyrannical leanings, in which a small amount of the population runs the nation. Urban Dictionary

Although the government does many things that are unnecessary and only work towards the inconvenience of the general population, I can assure you, society would not function without it. Urban Dictionary

Lizards Urban Dictionary

Government is like a condom in that it allows for inflation, halts production, destroys subsequent generations, protects a bunch of pricks, and provides its constituents with a sense of security while they are actually being screwed. Urban Dictionary

Something that everyone would be better off if there was less of. Urban Dictionary

Designed by realy smart people, im talking REALY smart people... But the bad thing is that its run by idiots. Urban Dictionary

Gay man's orgy. Urban Dictionary

In most cases, a centralized administrative and legislative organization that serves to deter, augment, alter, promote and regulate different aspects of the human experience. Government's puport to solve problems arising from "The Problem of the Commons." Areas arise in which the individual actions of persons serve to deplete the general welfare of the rest of society. In such cases, the government has seen it fit to pool resources from across society, to dedicate to ensuring the continued survival of the species and the citizens of that nation or region. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Government

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The word "government" in example sentences

But if the duty of the government is to prevent violations of the rights of individuals (and I believe it is) and punish those violations in proportion to their severity (seems reasonable) then, perhaps, these activities aren't so very far apart as far as * government* is concerned? ❋ Unknown (2009)

The U.S. government has seldom been perfect, but it has been very helpful to its citizens, providing everything from farm-to-market roads, to interstate highways, to silicon chips yes, Fairchild conductor built them, but for the *government* first, to the internet. ❋ Unknown (2008)

“When someone asks us whether we want a sectarian government the answer is ’no we do not want a sectarian government’ — not because the U.S. ambassador says so or issues a warning. ' ❋ Unknown (2006)

The government on Thursday gave foreign militants until the end of the month to leave Congo, warning that a joint U. N.-government military offensive would drive any remaining fighters from the war-ravaged Central African nation. ❋ Unknown (2005)

South Africa should have a predominantly unified legislative and administrative fiscal and public financial system: it should be a joint fiscal system under leadership of national government, and not a rigidly divided system between national and provincial levels of government*. ❋ Unknown (1995)

The constitution should include provisions both for borrowing by local government as well as for guarantees for local government loans as is the case for provincial government*. ❋ Unknown (1995)

No! but _it gives an additional security; _ for, beside the power in the State government to use their own militia, it will be _the duty of the general government_ to aid them WITH THE ❋ American Anti-Slavery Society (N/A)

The word _government_ also signifies the rules and principles themselves by which the people are governed; and sometimes the persons who administer the government -- that is those who make the laws of a state and carry them into effect -- are called _the government_. ❋ Andrew W. Young (N/A)

_Attack on the orders of the government, by the auditors commanding the royal officials to pay them their thirds [of salary], notwithstanding any order of government_. ❋ James Alexander Robertson (1906)

Though it was the cruel and depraved offspring of the British government, it nevertheless was adopted by the _free government_ of America. ❋ George W. Williams (1870)

Next to the want of all government, the two most fruitful sources of evil to children are, _unsteadiness_ in government and _over - government_. ❋ Harriet Beecher Stowe (1853)

I think government only helps keep the current monopolies going because humans are naturally driven by self-interest, * including those in the government*. ❋ Mark (2010)

"President Obama's whole-of-U. S.-government approach in both nations has drawn civilian and military expertise from across the United States government to help Afghans and Iraqis build a resilient, sustainable agricultural sector, not only helping strengthen the economies of both nations but also contributing greatly to our security here in the United States" ❋ Unknown (2010)

I must confess it is to me new language, which I never heard before, that the dispensing of the word and sacraments is a part of church government; sure the word _government_ is not, nor never was, so understood in the controversies concerning church government. ❋ George Gillespie (1630)

The government media office said in a statement that some media have launched «a coordinated campaign against the Iraqi government» with recent reports of strife between U. S.-allied Sunni paramilitary fighters and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's Shiite-led government.

He's being prepped to be part of the coming world-wide government that is going to be installed on this earth and he will be part of the ruling and reigning over the nations of this world, when the time comes for the Messiah of Israel to establish * His government* over this world. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The FAO are in Egypt to assist the Egyptian government and projects implemented by the cooperation with other external actors are «at the request of the government», stressing that these projects did not face any obstacles government. ❋ Unknown (2008)

_federal union_, and the government the _federal government_. ❋ Andrew W. Young (N/A)

The government is us; we are the government, you and I -- [Theodore Roosevelt], [26th] President of the United States. it's still [we the people]... not we the IRS, not we the Bush Administration! YOU AND ME AND DON'T LET THEM FORGET THAT!!! ❋ Weownnotthem (2008)

"don't be using my government [out here] in [the street] [like that]" ❋ Killer Mike (2003)

" let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us " - Franklin [Delano] Roosevelt, [July 9th], 1938, [Marietta] Ohio ❋ Luke Johns (2018)

[You people] may despise the government and taxes, but you must realize that roads, [hospitals], police, etc. don't come out of nowhere. What? You expect other people to do all these things for you, without you making any kind of [contribution]? ❋ Jace W (2007)

1: Hey what's up 2: I heard that the votes a-*controlled by government*[stutters] are going towards Donald Trump! 1: Wait, WHAT?! 2: *puts on [tin foil hat] while looking like a [dunce]* 2: I meant they're being controlled by the KKK ❋ SANS UNDERTALE IS FORTNITE?!? (2017)

... [too many] to [list]. [oh yea], government. ❋ Scarlit (2008)

Don't you just love how [the government] takes your money and [dumps] it into [the toilet]? ❋ The DON (2002)

government ❋ Jackypants12...MC (2014)

❋ Soiled Undergarment (2003)

The American government cured smallpox, broke up monopolies, develop the interstate highway system, insisted upon [voting rights] for all adults, eliminated [usury], preserved massive plots of land for conservation, sent satellites into space leading to modern communication, researched international communication leading to the internet, tripled the lifespan of the average American over the past 100 years, and risked [life and limb] to provide food for Somalia, end apartheid rule in South Africa, liberate the women of Afghanistan, stop the ethnic cleansing of Bosnia and protect the soveriegn rights of people in Kuwait. ❋ Seth Wellbourne (2006)

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