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- Dictionarygoverning/ˈɡʌvənɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. having authority to conduct the policy, actions, and affairs of a state, organization, or people: "the governing coalition"
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GOVERNING definition: 1. having the power to govern a country or an organization: 2. having a controlling influence on…. Learn more.
The meaning of GOVERN is to exercise continuous sovereign authority over; especially : to control and direct the making and administration of policy in. How to use govern in a sentence.
to control and direct the public business of a country, city, group of people, etc.: The country has been governed by military regimes. A president needs popular support in order to govern effectively. Fewer examples. We are governed, in Lord Hailsham's famous phrase, by an ' elective dictatorship '.
having the right and the authority to control something such as a country or an institution. The Conservatives were then the governing party. The school's governing body (= the group of people who control the organization of the school) took responsibility for the decision. see also self-governing. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
1. To make and administer the public policy and affairs of (a state, for example); exercise sovereign authority over. 2. To control the speed or magnitude of; regulate: a valve that governs fuel intake. 3. To control the actions or behavior of: Govern yourselves like civilized people. 4.
verb. also intr to direct and control the actions, affairs, policies, functions, etc, of (a political unit, organization, nation, etc); rule. to exercise restraint over; regulate or direct. to govern one's temper. to be a predominant influence on (something); decide or determine (something) his injury governed his decision to avoid sports.
to control and direct the public business of a country, city, group of people, etc.: The country has been governed by military regimes. A president needs popular support in order to govern effectively. Fewer examples. We are governed, in Lord Hailsham's famous phrase, by an ' elective dictatorship '.
