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Detailed Synonyms for govern in English

govern:

govern

  1. govern

to govern verbe (governs, governed, governing)

  1. to govern
    – direct or strongly influence the behavior of 1
    to control
    • control verbe (controls, controlled, controlling)
    to govern
    – direct or strongly influence the behavior of 1
    • govern verbe (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 verbe (orders, ordered, ordering)
    • regulate verbe (regulates, regulated, regulating)
      • We cannot regulate the way people dress1
      • This town likes to regulate1
    • regularize verbe, américain (regularizes, regularized, regularizing)
    • govern verbe (governs, governed, governing)
    • regularise verbe, britannique
  3. to govern
    – exercise authority over; as of nations 1
    to rule; to govern
    – exercise authority over; as of nations 1
    • rule verbe (rules, ruled, ruling)
    • govern verbe (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 verbe (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