- governing - responsible for making and enforcing rules and laws; "governing bodies"
Antonyms: subordinate, low-level (indirect, via dominant)
- government, governing, governance, government activity - the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government"
--1 is a kind of social control
--1 has particulars:misgovernment, misrule; legislation, legislating, lawmaking; trust busting Derived form: verb govern3
- regulate, regularize, regularise, order, govern - bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations; "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"
--1 is one way to decide, make up one's mind, determine
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun government2, noun governor2
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- govern - direct or strongly influence the behavior of; "His belief in God governs his conduct"
--2 is one way to control, command
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun government3
Something ----s something
- govern, rule - exercise authority over; as of nations; "Who is governing the country now?"
--3 is one way to control, command
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun government1, noun governor1, noun governing1, noun governance2
Somebody ----s something
=> Somebody ----s
- govern - require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood; "most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German"
--4 is one way to necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something