govern

[US]/ˈɡʌvn/
[UK]/ˈɡʌvərn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. & vi. To rule over
vt. To control; to dominate.

Phrases & Collocations

governing body

government policies

Example Sentences

the school's governing body.

a valve governing fuel intake.

Chance usually governs the outcome of the game.

he was incapable of governing the country.

the impulsion of the singers to govern the pace.

You should govern your temper.

A king governs in that country.

the future of Jamaica will be governed by geography not history.

constant principles govern the poetic experience.

the Horatian ode has an intricate governing metre.

demand is the principal motor force governing economic activity.

advertising is governed by a self-regulating system.

the unexceptionable belief that society should be governed by law.

schools governed by local worthies.

The shool governing body meets once a term.

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