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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.
Definition of govern verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
