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adjective
- 1. relating to or denoting the government of a country or state: "a governmental agency"
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belonging or relating to government or the government: We await a governmental decision about the future of the programme. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Ruling & governing. administration. affairs of state. ascend the throne idiom. bipartisanship. government-sponsored. governmentally. governorate. hard Brexit idiom. Holyrood.
noun. gov· ern· ment ˈgə-vər (n)-mənt. -və-mənt; ˈgə-bᵊm-ənt, -vᵊm- often attributive. Synonyms of government. 1. : the body of persons that constitutes the governing authority of a political unit or organization: such as. a. : the officials comprising the governing body of a political unit and constituting the organization as an active agency.
Anything governmental relates to a government, which is a political entity that runs a city, state, or country. If you work for the President, you have a governmental job. The government is the body that runs (governs) a country.
belonging or relating to government or the government: We await a governmental decision about the future of the program. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Ruling & governing. administration. affairs of state. ascend the throne idiom. bipartisanship. government-sponsored. governmentally. governorate. hard Brexit idiom. Holyrood.
Governmental means relating to a particular government, or to the practice of governing a country.
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.
Definition of governmental adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.