govern

«govern» in Mova's school dictionary: to rule a country, state or group officially — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (govern, governs, governed, governing)

meaning for a pupil

1) To govern is to rule a country, state or group officially. tree →

2) To govern something is to control or decide how it happens: rules govern the game. tree →

3) (formal) To control your feelings: govern your temper. tree →

sense in the lessons

Citizenship and history lessons (who governs the country), science (laws that govern motion), games and sport (rules that govern play).

examples

• The prime minister and parliament govern the country. tree →
• Rules govern how the game is played. tree →
• Gravity governs how planets move. tree →
• Try to govern your temper. tree →
• The queen governed for many years. tree →
• A council governs our town. tree →
• The Frogs were tired of governing themselves. tree →

note

Nouns: government, governor. In grammar, «govern» is also used for words that control another word's form (advanced).

In the corpora

• The prophet Muhammad lived in Arabia about 1,400 years ago, and Islam spread quickly until Muslim rulers governed lands from Spain to India.
• New Zealand gave women the vote in 1893, before any other self-governing country.
• Baptist churches baptise believers by full immersion and let each congregation govern itself.
• Shall even one that hateth right govern?

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «govern» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.