govern
go
ˈgə
gē
vern
vɜrn
vērn
/ɡˈʌvən/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "govern"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻļāĻžāϏāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to officially have the control and authority to rule over a country and manage its affairs
Transitive: to govern a country
to govern definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The constitution outlines how the president will govern the country.
āϏāĻ‚āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϰāĻĒāϤāĻŋ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻļāĻžāϏāύ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύ āϤāĻž āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to regulate or control a person, course of action or event or the way something happens
Transitive: to govern sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Ethical principles govern the way scientists conduct their research, ensuring that it is honest and transparent.
āύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āύ⧀āϤāĻŋāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāύ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻŦ⧇āώāĻŖāĻž āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻŋāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϝ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§Ž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ›āĨ¤
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āĻļāĻžāϏāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to direct or manage someone's actions or behavior
Transitive: to govern behaviors or actions
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The manager must govern the team to ensure everyone follows the company policies.
āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇āϜāĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§āϝāχ āĻĻāϞāϕ⧇ āĻļāĻžāϏāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āϝāĻžāϤ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āϝ⧇ āϏāĻŦāĻžāχ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋāϰ āύ⧀āϤāĻŋ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻļāĻžāϏāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(of a word) to require or dictate that another word or group of words take a specific grammatical form
Transitive: to govern a word
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In German, certain verbs govern the dative case when indicating the indirect object.
āϜāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ­āĻžāώāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĒāϰ⧋āĻ•ā§āώ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻžāϰāĻ•āϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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