govern

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English governen, governe, from Anglo-Norman and Old French governer, guverner, from Latin gubernō, from Ancient Greek κυβερνάω (kubernáō, “to steer, drive, govern”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡʌv.ən/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡʌv.ɚn/ Hyphenation: gov‧ern Rhymes: -ʌvə(ɹ)n === Verb === govern (third-person singular simple present governs, present participle governing, simple past and past participle governed) (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. (transitive) To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain. (transitive) To exercise a deciding or determining influence on. (intransitive) To have or exercise a determining influence. (transitive, obsolete) To handle, to manage, to oversee (a matter, an affair, a household, etc.). (transitive) To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate. (transitive, obsolete) To direct the course of, to guide in some direction, to steer. (transitive, obsolete) To look after, to take care of, to tend to (someone or some plant). (transitive, obsolete) To manage, to control, to work (a tool or mechanical device). (transitive, grammar) To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word. Synonym: (sometimes) collocate Coordinate term: agree ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === govern (plural governs) The act of governing == Catalan == === Etymology === From the verb governar, or possibly from Late Latin gubernus or gubernius, from Latin gubernum or gubernō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [ɡuˈβɛrn] IPA(key): (Balearic) [ɡoˈvɛrn] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ɡoˈvɛɾn] === Noun === govern m (plural governs) government ==== Related terms ==== governar === References === === Further reading === “govern”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “govern” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “govern” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.