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government

gov·ern·ment [ gúvvərnmənt ] (plural gov·ern·ments)

noun

Definition:

1. political authority: a group of people who have the power to make and enforce laws for a country or area

2. style of government: a type of political system

3. the state viewed as ruler: the state and its administration viewed as the ruling political power

4. branch of government: a branch or agency of a government, taken as the whole ( informal )

5. control of something: the management or control of something

6. education political science: political science as a subject of study

7. grammar determination of inflection: the determination of the inflection, mood, or case of a word by another word

gov·ern·ment adjective

gov·ern·ment·al [ gùvvərn mént'l ] adjective

gov·ern·ment·al·ly adverb

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