government
The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization.
Example
“British government has historically centred exclusively on London.”
Other meanings
The relationship between a word and its dependents.
The state and its administration viewed as the ruling political power.
“If the citizens must follow the law, then the government must follow the constitution.”
Related words
- government failure
- government trophy
- caretaker government
- central government
- e-government
- form of government
- good enough for government work
- government expenditure
- government in exile
- government name
- government spending
- government take
Example sentences
Word history
From Old French "governement".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “government” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.