Dictionary Entry
government
government is a 10-letter English word with 11 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 21 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government.
- 2noun
The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law.
- 3noun
The right or power of governing; authority.
- 4noun
The person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling power; the administration.
- 5noun
The body politic governed by one authority; a state; as, the governments of Europe.
- 6noun
Management of the limbs or body.
- 7noun
The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case.
- 8noun
the act of governing; exercising authority
"regulations for the governing of state prisons"
"he had considerable experience of government"
- 9noun
(government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed
"tyrannical government"
- 10noun
the study of government of states and other political units
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- 11noun
the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
"the government reduced taxes"
"the matter was referred to higher authorities"
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