The word govern means

- править, управлять

to govern a country [a people] — править страной [народом] 
to govern one’s estate — управлять собственным имением 

- руководить, направлять; регулировать

to govern wisely [skilfully, with justice] — руководить разумно [искусно, справедливо] 
to govern public opinion — формировать общественное мнение 
governed by common sense — руководимый здравым смыслом 
don’t let your passions govern you — не поддавайтесь страстям 
I will be governed by you in what I do — я буду делать всё так, как вы мне скажете 

- обыкн. pass оказывать влияние

to be governed by circumstances — действовать под влиянием обстоятельств 

- определять, обусловливать

laws that govern chemical reactions — законы, которые управляют химическими реакциями /которым подчиняются химические реакции/ 
considerations that governed the choice of a representative — соображения, которые оказались решающими при выборе представителя 
similar principles govern these two phenomena — эти явления обусловливаются одними и теми же принципами 

- владеть (собой); сдерживать (себя)

to govern one’s passions — обуздывать свои страсти 
to govern one’s tongue — не давать воли языку, следить за тем, что говоришь 
you must govern your temper — ты должен держать себя в руках 

- юр. определять смысл; быть определяющим (фактором)

the sense of the whole document is governed by the introductory clause — смысл всего документа определяется вступительной частью 

- грам. управлять

to govern the dative [the accusative] — управлять дательным [винительным] падежом 

- тех. регулировать; управлять
- уст. заботиться, ухаживать

Мои примеры

You must govern your temper. 

Ты должен держать себя в руках.

Who is governing the country now? 

Кто сейчас управляет страной?

He cannot govern his passions. 

Он не способен обуздать свои страсти.

He is not fit to govern this country! 

Он не пригоден к тому, чтобы управлять этой страной!

Income must govern expenditure. 

Расходы должны определяться доходами.

Govern your tongue not to injure anyone around you. 

Следи за тем, что говоришь, чтобы не обидеть никого вокруг себя.

His belief in God governs his conduct. 

Его поступками управляет вера в бога.

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She suggested changing the state’s laws governing the sale of alcohol.  

Для того чтобы добавить вариант перевода, кликните по иконке ☰, напротив примера.

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• govern — gov·ern / gə vərn/ vt 1: to exercise continuous sovereign authority over; esp: to control and direct the administration of policy in 2: to exert a determining or guiding influence in or over the testator s assets are govern ed by will substitutes …   Law dictionary

• govern — govern, rule are comparable when they mean to exercise power or authority in controlling or directing another or others, often specifically those persons who comprise a state or nation. Govern may imply power, whether despotic or constitutional,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Govern — Gov ern, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Governed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Governing}.] [OF. governer, F. gouverner, fr. L. gubernare to steer, pilot, govern, Gr. kyberna^n. Cf. {Gubernatorial}.] 1. To direct and control, as the actions or conduct of men, either… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• govern — gov‧ern [ˈgʌvən ǁ ərn] verb 1. [intransitive, transitive] to officially and legally run a country and make decisions about taxes, laws, public services etc: • the politicians who govern the country • A small military elite has been governing for… …   Financial and business terms

• govern — [guv′ərn] vt. [ME governen < OFr gouverner < L gubernare, to pilot (a ship), direct, guide < Gr kybernan, to steer, govern, prob. of non IE orig.] 1. to exercise authority over; rule, administer, direct, control, manage, etc. 2. to… …   English World dictionary

• govern — late 13c., from O.Fr. governer (11c., Mod.Fr. gouverner) govern, from L. gubernare to direct, rule, guide, govern (Cf. Sp. gobernar, It. governare), originally to steer, a nautical borrowing from Gk. kybernan to steer or pilot a ship, direct (the …   Etymology dictionary

• govern — [v1] take control; rule administer, assume command, be in power, be in the driver’s seat*, call the shots*, call the signals*, captain*, carry out, command, conduct, control, dictate, direct, execute, exercise authority, guide, head, head up,… …   New thesaurus

• Govern — Gov ern, v. i. To exercise authority; to administer the laws; to have the control. Dryden. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• govern — ► VERB 1) conduct the policy and affairs of (a state, organization, or people). 2) control or influence. 3) constitute a rule, standard, or principle for. 4) Grammar (of a word) require that (another word or group of words) be in a particular… …   English terms dictionary

• govern — verb ADVERB ▪ effectively, well ▪ directly ▪ The colony was governed directly from Paris. VERB + GOVERN ▪ be fit to, be unfit …   Collocations dictionary

• govern */*/ — UK [ˈɡʌvə(r)n] / US [ˈɡʌvərn] verb Word forms govern : present tense I/you/we/they govern he/she/it governs present participle governing past tense governed past participle governed 1) [intransitive/transitive] to control and manage an area, city …   English dictionary

• governance
• governess
• government
• governor

to exercise sovereign authority in

to control the actions of

to exercise a determining influence on

to control the speed or magnitude of

(intr.) to exercise political authority

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1. ^ “govern”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023

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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

Government

A government is the system by which a state or community is governed. In Commonwealth English, a government more narrowly refers to the particular executive in control of a state at a given time—known in American English as an administration. In American English, government refers to the larger system by which any state is organised. Furthermore, government is occasionally used in English as a synonym for governance. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislators, administrators, and arbitrators. Government is the means by which state policy is enforced, as well as the mechanism for determining the policy of the state. A form of government, or form of state governance, refers to the set of political systems and institutions that make up the organisation of a specific government. Government of any kind currently affects every human activity in many important ways. For this reason, political scientists generally argue that government should not be studied by itself; but should be studied along with anthropology, economics, history, philosophy, science, and sociology.

Present

I govern

you govern

he/she/it governs

we govern

you govern

they govern

Present continuous

I am governing

you are governing

he/she/it is governing

we are governing

you are governing

they are governing

Present perfect

I have governed

you have governed

he/she/it has governed

we have governed

you have governed

they have governed

Present perfect continuous

I have been governing

you have been governing

he/she/it has been governing

we have been governing

you have been governing

they have been governing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

Past

I governed

you governed

he/she/it governed

we governed

you governed

they governed

Past continuous

I was governing

you were governing

he/she/it was governing

we were governing

you were governing

they were governing

Past perfect

I had governed

you had governed

he/she/it had governed

we had governed

you had governed

they had governed

Past perfect continuous

I had been governing

you had been governing

he/she/it had been governing

we had been governing

you had been governing

they had been governing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

Future

I will govern

you will govern

he/she/it will govern

we will govern

you will govern

they will govern

Future continuous

I will be governing

you will be governing

he/she/it will be governing

we will be governing

you will be governing

they will be governing

Future perfect

I will have governed

you will have governed

he/she/it will have governed

we will have governed

you will have governed

they will have governed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been governing

you will have been governing

he/she/it will have been governing

we will have been governing

you will have been governing

they will have been governing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

Conditional

I would govern

you would govern

he/she/it would govern

we would govern

you would govern

they would govern

Conditional continuous

I would be governing

you would be governing

he/she/it would be governing

we would be governing

you would be governing

they would be governing

Conditional perfect

I would have govern

you would have govern

he/she/it would have govern

we would have govern

you would have govern

they would have govern

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been governing

you would have been governing

he/she/it would have been governing

we would have been governing

you would have been governing

they would have been governing

Conditional or «future-in-the-past» tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

Imperative

you govern
we let´s govern
you govern

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

Present Participle

governing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

The translations of govern from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «govern» in English.

The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «govern» in the different countries.

List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «govern».

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «govern» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «govern» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

In Parliament we debate on and we decide the laws that are going to govern the country.

The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.

No man is good enough to govern any woman without her consent.

I was in my thirteenth year when I heard a voice from God to help me govern my conduct. And the first time I was very much afraid.

I think we are realising that governments can’t govern us any more.

The founders were very worried that if parties developed in America, you might have something like the modern Italian system, where you have 20 different parties that divide Congress and the country and can’t govern.

America is a land where men govern, but women rule.

Republicans should simply focus on first principles and give the American people what they want — an honest party dedicated to common sense, fiscal responsibility and limited government. If we govern to save the country, we’ll do well as a party.

What is new is that environmentalism intensely illuminates the need to confront the corporate domain at its most powerful and guarded point — the exclusive right to govern the systems of production.

The dead govern the living.

1

Polling to Govern: Public Opinion and Presidential Leadership

«Polling to Govern is a thoughtful, detailed, and significant analysis of how six U.S. presidents from Richard Nixon to Bill Clinton used public opinion polls to develop presidential leadership.

2

The Capacity to Govern: A Report to the Club of Rome

This book diagnoses contemporary governments as obsolete and proposes changes in values, structures, staffing, public understanding and political culture to equip governance for the radically novel challenges of the 21st century.

3

Do the media govern?: politicians, voters, and reporters in …

Unlike most other treatments, this volume covers the full range of research issues, including the forces that influence the production of news stories, the relationship between reporters and elected officials, the use of the media in …

4

Can the Government Govern?

In so doing, this volume opens the debate and public discussion necessary for change.Contributors include John E. Chubb writing on energy policy, David B. Yoffie on trade policy, Paul E. Peterson and Mark Rom on macroeconomic policy, Samuel …

5

Fit to govern: the native intelligence of Thabo Mbeki

This illuminating examination of South Africa’s democratic leader, Thabo Mbeki, provides unprecedented access to the man and his ideas.

6

Divided We Govern: Party Control, Lawmaking and …

For this new edition, David R. Mayhew has provided a new Preface, a new appendix, and a new concluding chapter that brings the historical narrative up to date. “Important, accessible, and compelling, David Mayhew’s second edition of …

7

«Dividing the Realm in Order to Govern«: The Spatial …

States are inherently and fundamentally geographical. Sovereignty is based on control of territory. This book uses Song China to explain how a pre-industrial regime organized itself spatially in order to exercise authority.

8

School, Society, and State: A New Education to Govern Modern …

In School, Society, and State, Steffes returns the state to the study of the history of education and brings the schools back into our discussion of state power during a pivotal moment in American political development.

9

The Data Asset: How Smart Companies Govern Their Data for …

The Data Asset has taken data quality beyond an IT function to the C-level, which, unless this is done, never seems to get accomplished.» —Peter Harvey, CEO, Intellidyn «The phrase ‘data as a corporate asset’ has been adopted by business …

10

Learning to Govern: An Institutional View of the 104th Congress

In this book, Richard Fenno makes the case that four decades out of power left Republicans without the experience they needed to properly interpret their electoral victory… or govern the country.This inexperience produced serious …

Rules should be framed by NIS to govern workers in the mining …

The core objective of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) is to provide social security to poor and vulnerable employees wherever they work. «Stabroek News, Jul 15»

GUEST COLUMN: God’s law given to govern man

The theory was that God’s law was supreme. The phrase is a reference to the laws that God in his capacity as creator gave to govern man. «Northwest Georgia News, Jul 15»

Springborg: LNP is ready to govern now

Springborg: LNP is ready to govern now. Date: July 12, 2015 — 1:53PM. 5 reading now; (29); Comments 61; Read later … «Brisbane Times, Jul 15»

State abdicating its role to govern and entrusting violent groups to …

State abdicating its role to govern and entrusting violent groups to take over. By Anyang’ Nyong’o Updated Sunday, July 12th 2015 at 00:00 … «The Standard Digital News, Jul 15»

July 10: Next to govern? Plus other letters to the editor

No one should assume that, if no party wins a majority in the next election, the party with the most seats will automatically form a minority … «The Globe and Mail, Jul 15»

Toronto council votes to create new rules to govern both Uber and …

Toronto council votes to create new rules to govern both Uber and taxis. Staff told to craft bylaw to apply to all, which mayor warns might be … «Hamilton Spectator, Jul 15»

GOP proposing awful bills, then backing down is terrible way to govern

Republicans in the Wisconsin State Legislature appear to have gotten stuck in a bizarre form of governing and they can’t seem to stop … «Channel3000.com — WISC-TV3, Jul 15»

Tantrums pretending to govern

When Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras decided to call a referendum on a bailout offer from Greece’s creditors – an offer that expired before … «The News Journal, Jul 15»

New rules govern retention of records

Beginning July 1, 2015, the University requires “Proof of Records Retention Compliance” as mandated under the University Archives and … «Penn State News, Jul 15»

Internal Auditors Get Revised Global Framework to Govern Practice

The Institute of Internal Auditors has unveiled the latest enhancements to its nearly 70-year-old framework that governs the internal audit … «Compliance Week, Jul 15»

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