government

«government» in Mova's school dictionary: The group of people who run a country, state or city and… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a government, governments)

meaning for a pupil

1) The group of people who run a country, state or city and make decisions about laws, taxes and services. tree →

2) The way a country is ruled. tree →

3) In old Russia, a government was a large region of the empire, ruled by its own official. tree →

sense in the lessons

In citizenship and history lessons, governments make laws, collect taxes and pay for schools, hospitals, roads and the police; in a democracy, people vote to choose them. Different countries have different governments: a president, a prime minister, a parliament or congress. Phrases: «the government», «local government», «federal government», «form of government».

examples

• The government decides how much money schools get. tree →
• People vote to choose the government. tree →
• Local government looks after parks and bins. tree →
• The prime minister leads the British government. tree →
• In the USA, the federal government is in Washington, D.C. tree →
• The government built a new hospital in our town. tree →
• Long ago, many countries were ruled by kings, not elected governments. tree →
• The government gave money to farmers after the floods. tree →

note

Spelling trap: «goverNment» — the n is often forgotten («govern + ment»). Used with «the». Verb: «govern»; adjective: «governmental». The government is not the same as the whole country.

In the corpora

• Child benefit is a small regular payment from the government to families with children, to help with things like shoes and food.
• Scene: at Christmas dinner in Leeds, Grandad and Auntie Jo argue about the government until the gravy goes cold.
• The council is the local government.
• The council is the local government that looks after roads, parks, bins, libraries and planning, run by elected councillors.
• Governments in some countries have started writing laws about how AI may be used.

Trees and pragmatics

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