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Meaning of 'government'
Meaning of 'government' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Government 
[ n.]
- The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the
administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil,
church, or family government. [ n.]- The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law.
- The right or power of governing; authority.
- The person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling power; the administration.
- The body politic governed by one authority; a state; as, the governments of Europe.
- Management of the limbs or body.
- The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case.
Meaning of 'government' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. government [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- the act of governing; exercising authority
- the act of governing; exercising authority
Example in sentence:
- he had considerable experience of government;
- regulations for the governing of state prisons
Meaning (2):
- the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
- the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
Example in sentence:
- the government reduced taxes;
- the matter was referred to higher authorities
Meaning (3):
- (government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed
- (government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed
Example in sentence:
- tyrannical government
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