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to govern
01
to officially have the control and authority to rule over a country and manage its affairs
Transitive: to govern a country
Examples
Elected leaders govern the nation, making decisions for the welfare of its citizens.
02
to regulate or control a person, course of action or event or the way something happens
Transitive: to govern sth
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
govern
3rd person singular
governs
Present participle
governing
Past simple
governed
Past participle
governed
Examples
The new laws will govern how companies can handle customer data to ensure privacy and security.
03
to direct or manage someone's actions or behavior
Transitive: to govern behaviors or actions
Examples
She tried to govern her temper during the heated argument.
04
(of a word) to require or dictate that another word or group of words take a specific grammatical form
Transitive: to govern a word
Examples
The verb " to give " governs both the indirect and direct objects in a sentence.
Lexical Tree
governable
governance
governing
govern
