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Synonyms
gov·ern·ment (gŭv́ərn-mənt)

noun 

  1. The act or process of governing, especially the control and administration of public policy in a political unit.
  2. The office, function, or authority of a governing individual or body.
  3. Exercise of authority in a political unit; rule.
  4. The agency or apparatus through which a governing individual or body functions and exercises authority.
  5. A governing body or organization, as:
    1. The ruling political party or coalition of political parties in a parliamentary system.
    2. The cabinet in a parliamentary system.
    3. The persons who make up a governing body.
  6. A system or policy by which a political unit is governed.
  7. Administration or management of an organization, business, or institution.
  8. Political science.
  9. Grammar The influence of a word over the morphological inflection of another word in a phrase or sentence.

derivatives

gov́ern·meńtal
adjective
gov́ern·meńtal·ly
adverb

usage note

Usage Note: In American usage government always takes a singular verb. In British usage government, in the sense of a governing group of officials, takes a plural verb: The government are determined to follow this course. See Usage Note at: collective noun