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gov·ern·ment
(gŭv′ərn-mənt)n.
1. The act or process of governing, especially the control and administration of public policy in a political unit.
2. The office, function, or authority of a governing individual or body.
3. Exercise of authority in a political unit; rule.
4. The agency or apparatus through which a governing individual or body functions and exercises authority.
5. A governing body or organization, as:
a. The ruling political party or coalition of political parties in a parliamentary system.
b. The cabinet in a parliamentary system.
c. The persons who make up a governing body.
6. A system or policy by which a political unit is governed.
7. Administration or management of an organization, business, or institution.
8. Political science.
9. Grammar The influence of a word over the morphological inflection of another word in a phrase or sentence.
gov′ern·men′tal (-mĕn′tl) adj.
gov′ern·men′tal·ly adv.
Usage Note: In American usage government always takes a singular verb. In British usage government, in the sense of a governing group of officials, takes a plural verb: The government are determined to follow this course. See Usage Note at collective noun.
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Adj. | 1. | governmental - relating to or dealing with the affairs or structure of government or politics or the state; "governmental policy"; "public confidence and governmental morale" political - involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians; "calling a meeting is a political act in itself"- Daniel Goleman; "political pressure"; "a political machine"; "political office"; "political policy" |
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governmental
adjective administrative, state, political, official, executive, ministerial, sovereign, bureaucratic a governmental agency for providing financial aid to developing countries
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governmental
adjectiveOf or relating to government:
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Translations
حُكومي
vládní
stats-
kormány-
stjórnar-
vládny
yönetime ait
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
governmental
[ˌgʌvərnˈmɛntəl ˌgʌvərˈmɛntəl] adj → gouvernemental(e)government housing n (US) → logements mpl sociauxgovernment securities npl (FINANCE) → fonds mpl d'Étatgovernment stock n → fonds mpl d'ÉtatCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
governmental
adj → Regierungs-; governmental system/crisis/policy → Regierungssystem nt → /-krise f → /-politik f
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governmental
[ˌgʌv/ənˈmɛntl] adj → governativo/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
government
(ˈgavəmənt) noun1. the people who rule a country or state. the British Government.
2. the way in which a country or state is ruled. Democracy is one form of government.
3. the act or process of governing.
governmental (gavnˈmentl) adjectiveˈgovernor noun
1. in the United States, the head of a state. the Governor of Ohio.
2. a member of the committee of people who govern a school, hospital etc. He is on the board of governors.
3. a person who governs a province or colony.
ˈgovernorship nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.