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Definisjon av govern

Vi fant 12 definisjoner av govern på engelsk.

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WordNet WordNet by Princeton University

Verb
govern - exercise authority over; as of nations; "Who is governing the country now?"
rule
command, control make someone do something
throne sit on the throne as a ruler
misgovern govern badly
dictate say out loud for the purpose of recording; "He dictated a report to his secretary"
reign have sovereign power; "Henry VIII reigned for a long time"
govern - direct or strongly influence the behavior of; "His belief in God governs his conduct"
command, control make someone do something
govern - require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood; "most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German"
necessitate, need, postulate, call for, require, demand, ask, involve, take require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent"
govern - bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"
regulate, regularize, regularise, order
deregulate lift the regulations on
make up one's mind, decide, determine reach, make, or come to a decision about something; "We finally decided after lengthy deliberations"
standardise, standardize cause to conform to standard or norm; "The weights and measures were standardized"
district, zone regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns
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Verb
govern - To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.
govern - To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.
govern - To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.
govern - To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.
govern - To exercise political authority; to run a government.
govern - To have or exercise a determining influence.
govern - To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word; sometimes used synonymously with collocate.

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  • govern
    To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority over (nations).

Verb

  • Infinitiv: (to) govern
  • Presens: govern / governs
  • Preteritum: governed
  • Perfektum: (have) governed

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