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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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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.
GOVERN definition: 1. to control and direct the public business of a country, city, group of people, etc.: 2. to have…. Learn more.
GOVERNING definition: 1. having the power to govern a country or an organization: 2. having a controlling influence on…. Learn more.
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.
Definition of govern verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
The meaning of GOVERNANCE is the act or process of governing or overseeing the control and direction of something (such as a country or an organization) : government. How to use governance in a sentence.
GOVERNANCE definition: 1. the way that organizations or countries are managed at the highest level, and the systems for…. Learn more.
And govern can mean to act as a guiding force, as when your stomach governs your food choices. Govern, meaning to rule over something, is almost always used to refer to government or politics, as in The president did his best to govern the country during the war.
govern in British English. (ˈɡʌvən ) verb (mainly tr) 1. (also intr) to direct and control the actions, affairs, policies, functions, etc of (a political unit, organization, nation, etc); rule. 2. to exercise restraint over; regulate or direct. to govern one's temper. 3.
The earliest known use of the noun governance is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for governance is from around 1384, in Bible (Wycliffite, early version) . governance is a borrowing from French.
