government
Etymology
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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 Old English ealdordōm.
Pronunciation- (RP) IPA: /ˈɡʌvə(n)mənt/
- (America) IPA: /ˈɡəvɚ(n)mənt/
- (India) IPA: /ˈɡəv(ə)mɛnt/
- (New Zealand) IPA: /ˈɡɐvɘ(n)mɘnt/, /ˈɡɐvmɘnt/
government
- 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.
- 1863 November 18, Abraham Lincoln, Dedicatory Remarks (Gettysburg Address)[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Gettysburg_Address_(Bancroft_draft)], near Soldiers' National Cemetery, →LCCN ↗, Bancroft copy, page 2:
- […] and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
- (grammar, linguistics) The relationship between a word and its dependents.
- Synonyms: regimen, rection
- Coordinate terms: agreement, concord, concordance (obsolete)
- The state and its administration viewed as the ruling political power.
- If the citizens must follow the law, then the government must follow the constitution.
- (uncountable) The management or control of a system.
- 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.
- In a parliamentary system, the political party or coalition in power, as opposed to the opposition; the state of being in power.
- (debating) The team tasked with presenting and speaking in favour of a resolution, as opposed to the opposition.
- Ellipsis of government name, one's legal name according to a government.
- (administration, esp. over a country) administration, governance, management; statism (obs.)
- French: gouvernement
- German: Regierung
- Italian: governo
- Portuguese: governo
- Russian: прави́тельство
- Spanish: gobierno
- French: rection
- German: Rektion
- Italian: reggenza
- Portuguese: regência
- Russian: управле́ние
- Spanish: rección
- Italian: governo
- Portuguese: governo
- Russian: госуда́рство
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