governing
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Definitions ofgoverning
- To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.
Example: "The old king governed the land wisely."
- To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.
Example: "Govern yourselves like civilized people."
- To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.
Example: "Chance governs the outcome of many card games."
- To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.
Example: "a valve that governs fuel intake"
- To exercise political authority; to run a government.
- To have or exercise a determining influence.
- (grammar) To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word; sometimes used synonymously with collocate.
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