VERB | social | govern, regulate, regularize, regularise, order | bring into conformity with rules or principles / principles or usage |
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social | govern | direct or strongly influence the behavior of | |
social | govern, rule | exercise authority over | |
stative | govern | require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood |
Sounds | gah'vern | |
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Rhymes | adjourn ... yearn: 61 rhymes with ern... |
Meaning | Bring into conformity with rules or principles / principles or usage; impose regulations. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | regulate, regularize, regularise, order | |
Narrower | standardize, standardise | Cause to conform to standard or norm |
zone, district | regulate housing in | |
Broader | decide, make up one's mind, determine | reach, make, or come to a decision about something |
Opposite | deregulate | Lift the regulations on |
Spanish | normar, regir, regularizar, regular | |
Catalan | normar, ordenar, regir, regularitzar, regular | |
Nouns | government | (government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed |
governor | a control that maintains a steady speed in a machine (as by controlling the supply of fuel) |
Meaning | direct or strongly influence the behavior of. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Example | "His belief in God governs his conduct" | |
Broader | control, command | Exercise authoritative control or power over |
Spanish | dictar, regir | |
Nouns | government | the act of governing |
Meaning | Exercise authority over; as of nations. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
Example | "Who is governing the country now?" | |
Synonym | rule | |
Narrower | dictate | Rule as a dictator |
misgovern | govern badly | |
reign | Have sovereign power | |
throne | Sit on the throne as a ruler | |
Broader | control, command | Exercise authoritative control or power over |
Spanish | dictaminar, gobernar, mandar, regir | |
Catalan | dictaminar, governar, regir | |
Nouns | governing, governance | the act of governing |
government | the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit | |
governor | the head of a state government |
Meaning | require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Example | "most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German" | |
Broader | necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand | require as useful, just, or proper |
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