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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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gov·ern·ment adjectivegov·ern·ment·al [ gùvvərn mént'l ] adjectivegov·ern·ment·al·ly adverb
