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Detailed Synonyms for governing in English

governing:

governing [the ~] noun

  1. the governing
    the governing; the ruling
  2. the governing
    – the act of governing; exercising authority 1
    the government; the governing; the administration; the governance; the government activity
    – the act of governing; exercising authority 1

governing adj

  1. governing
    – responsible for making and enforcing rules and laws 1
    governing
    – responsible for making and enforcing rules and laws 1

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Related Definitions for "governing":

  1. responsible for making and enforcing rules and laws1
    • governing bodies1
  2. the act of governing; exercising authority1
    • regulations for the governing of state prisons1

governing form of govern:

govern

  1. govern

to govern verb (governs, governed, governing)

  1. to govern
    – direct or strongly influence the behavior of 1
    to control
    • control verb (controls, controlled, controlling)
    to govern
    – direct or strongly influence the behavior of 1
    • govern verb (governs, governed, governing)
      • His belief in God governs his conduct1
  2. to govern
    – bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations 1
    to order; to regulate; to regularize; to govern; regularise
    – bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations 1
    • order verb (orders, ordered, ordering)
    • regulate verb (regulates, regulated, regulating)
      • We cannot regulate the way people dress1
      • This town likes to regulate1
    • regularize verb, American (regularizes, regularized, regularizing)
    • govern verb (governs, governed, governing)
    • regularise verb, British
  3. to govern
    – exercise authority over; as of nations 1
    to rule; to govern
    – exercise authority over; as of nations 1
    • rule verb (rules, ruled, ruling)
    • govern verb (governs, governed, governing)
      • Who is governing the country now?1
  4. to govern
    – require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood 1
    to govern
    – require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood 1
    • govern verb (governs, governed, governing)
      • most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German1

Conjugations for govern:

present
  1. govern
  2. govern
  3. governs
  4. govern
  5. govern
  6. govern
simple past
  1. governed
  2. governed
  3. governed
  4. governed
  5. governed
  6. governed
present perfect
  1. have governed
  2. have governed
  3. has governed
  4. have governed
  5. have governed
  6. have governed
past continuous
  1. was governing
  2. were governing
  3. was governing
  4. were governing
  5. were governing
  6. were governing
future
  1. shall govern
  2. will govern
  3. will govern
  4. shall govern
  5. will govern
  6. will govern
continuous present
  1. am governing
  2. are governing
  3. is governing
  4. are governing
  5. are governing
  6. are governing
subjunctive
  1. be governed
  2. be governed
  3. be governed
  4. be governed
  5. be governed
  6. be governed
diverse
  1. govern!
  2. let's govern!
  3. governed
  4. governing
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Related Definitions for "govern":

  1. direct or strongly influence the behavior of1
    • His belief in God governs his conduct1
  2. bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations1
  3. exercise authority over; as of nations1
    • Who is governing the country now?1
  4. require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood1
    • most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German1

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