English Dictionary

govern

/ˈɡʌvɚn/

verb

(transitive) To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in. / (intransitive) To exercise political authority; to run a government.

The government has the power to govern the country.

意味（1）

(transitive) To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.

The old king governed the land wisely.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To exercise political authority; to run a government.

意味（3）

(transitive) To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.

Govern yourselves like civilized people.

意味（4）

(transitive) To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.

Chance governs the outcome of many card games.

意味（5）

(intransitive) To have or exercise a determining influence.

意味（6）

(transitive, obsolete) To handle, to manage, to oversee (a matter, an affair, a household, etc.).

意味（7）

(transitive) To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.

a valve that governs fuel intake

意味（8）

(transitive, obsolete) To direct the course of, to guide in some direction, to steer.

意味（9）

(transitive, obsolete) To look after, to take care of, to tend to (someone or some plant).

from my vncles country of Medea,

from my vncles country of Medea, Where all my youth I haue bene gouerned, […]

意味（10）

(transitive, obsolete) To manage, to control, to work (a tool or mechanical device).

意味（11）

(transitive, grammar) To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word; sometimes used synonymously with collocate.