Meaning

8 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)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.

    Regierung

    прави́тельствоpravítelʹstvo

    у́рядúrjad, вла́даvláda

  2. (countable, uncountable)The relationship between a word and its dependents.

    Rektion

    управле́ниеupravlénije

    керува́нняkeruvánnja

  3. (countable, uncountable)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.

    Regierung

    госуда́рствоgosudárstvo

    держа́ваderžáva

  4. (uncountable)The management or control of a system.

  5. (countable, uncountable)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.

  6. (countable, uncountable)In a parliamentary system, the political party or coalition in power; its condition of being in power.

  7. (countable, uncountable)The team tasked with presenting and speaking in favour of a resolution, as opposed to the opposition.

  8. (countable, uncountable)A guberniya.

More definitions
  • the act of governing; exercising authority
  • (government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed
  • the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
  • the study of government of states and other political units

Examples

1542 sentences
  1. The government makes us pay tax.

    Уряд примушує нас платити податки.

    ruПравительство заставляет нас платить налог.

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  2. They have elected a new government.

    Вони вибрали новий уряд.

    ruОни избрали новое правительство.

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  3. The students demonstrated against the new government.

    Студенти влаштували демонстрацію проти нового уряду.

    ruСтуденты вышли на демонстрацию против нового правительства.

    deDie Studenten demonstrierten gegen die neue Regierung.

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  4. The government should invest more money in agriculture.

    Уряд повинен вкладати більше грошей у сільське господарство.

    ruПравительство должно вкладывать больше денег в сельское хозяйство.

    deDie Regierung sollte mehr Geld in Landwirtschaft investieren.

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  5. This is a government project.

    Це урядовий проєкт.

    ruЭто государственный проект.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
body with the power to make and/or enforce laws:
grammar: relationship between a word and its dependents:
state and its administration:
Русский
By meaning 3
body with the power to make and/or enforce laws:
grammar: relationship between a word and its dependents:
state and its administration:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
body with the power to make and/or enforce laws:
grammar: relationship between a word and its dependents:

Origin

From Middle English governement, from Old French governement (modern French gouvernement),

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.

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