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government

noun
/ˈɡʌv.ɚ(n).mənt/CA/ˈɡʌv.ə.mənt/UK/ˈɡɐvɘ(n)mɘnt/

Etymology

From Middle English governement, from Old French governement (modern French gouvernement), from governer (see govern) + -ment. Morphologically govern + -ment. Displaced native Old English gerec, leodweard, ræden, rǣding and ealdordōm.

  1. derived from governement
  2. inherited from governement

Definitions

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

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

    • British government has historically centred exclusively on London.
    • […]and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

  2. The relationship between a word and its dependents.

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

    • Near-synonyms: state, administration
    • If the citizens must follow the law, then the government must follow the constitution.
    • Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins.
  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. The management or control of a system.

      • The government of the Church is maintained without material alteration in a settled hierarchical form.
      • Whereas it is expedient to amend the law relating to the government of Her Majesty's Navy, whereon, under the good Providence of God, the wealth, safety and strength of the Kingdom so much depend:

    2. The tenure of a head of government

      The tenure of a head of government; the ministry or administration led by a specified individual.

      • The Sunak government announced plans to stem the flow of migrants coming into Great Britain.

    3. In a parliamentary system, the political party or coalition in power

      In a parliamentary system, the political party or coalition in power; its condition of being in power.

    4. The team tasked with presenting and speaking in favour of a resolution, as opposed to the…

      The team tasked with presenting and speaking in favour of a resolution, as opposed to the opposition.

    5. A guberniya.

      • with its centre in Liubawitz, in the Government of Mohilev.

    6. Ellipsis of government name, one's legal name according to a government.

The neighborhood

Derived

anti-government, antigovernment, band government, branch of government, caretaker government, central government, close enough for government work, countergovernment, cybergovernment, eGovernment, e-government, form of government, G2P, G2Px, good enough for government work, government agent, governmental, government bond, government cheese, government debt, governmentese, government expenditure, government failure, government house, government in exile, government-in-exile, governmentish, governmentism, government issue, governmentist, government legal, governmentless, governmentlike, government man, government name, government note, government-owned and controlled corporation, government purchases, government security, government shutdown · +32 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at government. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at government. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at government

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA