governed

«governed» in Mova's school dictionary: the past of govern: ruled or controlled — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb form (govern, governs, governed, governing); adjective (governed)

meaning for a pupil

1) Governed is the past of govern: ruled or controlled. tree →

2) The governed are the people who are ruled. tree →

sense in the lessons

Citizenship and history (a country governed by a king), science (motion governed by laws), rules of games.

examples

• The island was governed by Britain. tree →
• The game is governed by strict rules. tree →
• The planets' paths are governed by gravity. tree →
• Democracy needs the consent of the governed. tree →
• The school is governed by a board. tree →
• He governed his temper well. tree →
• Long, long ago, in old Japan, the Kingdom of the Sea was governed by a wonderful King. tree →

note

Past and past participle: governed. «The governed» (noun) = the people ruled.

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.

Trees and pragmatics

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