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- pronunciation:
- guh
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guh
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Government is the making of laws and important decisions that affect all the people living in a country, state, city, or other place. Government is the job of people like presidents, governors, mayors, prime ministers, and even kings and queens.
执政, 治理
The old mayor was not the most popular, but he was good at government, and the city ran well when he was in charge.- synonyms:
- administration, management
- similar words:
- charge, command, control, rule
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Government is the group of people who make decisions and laws for all the people in a country, state, city, or other place.
行政机关
The state government decides how fast people can drive on the state's highways.The city government decided to build a public swimming pool.
- synonyms:
- administration, authorities
- similar words:
- congress, legislature, parliament, power, senate
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| related words: |
country, management, power |
| derivations: |
governmental (adj.), governmentally (adv.) |
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representation of the government |
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constitution |
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some government places |
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capital, court, White House |
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some heads of governments |
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king, monarch, president, Prime Minister, queen |
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some kinds of governments |
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democracy, empire, monarchy, republic, tyranny |
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some parts of governments |
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agency, cabinet, department, House of Representatives, legislature, military, parliament, senate |
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some people associated with governmental |
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ambassador, diplomat, judge, justice, police officer, politician, representative |
The word government
contains the following part:
-ment
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means act, process, or instance of
  More about this word part:
The suffix -ment
attaches to Latin verb roots (e.g., doc, reg, sed) or to English verbs of Latin origin to form nouns.
Example words:
adjustment, advertisement, agreement, announcement, armament, arrangement, commandment, compartment, complement, compliment, department, document, employment, entertainment, fragment, government, improvement, investment, judgment, measurement, movement, regiment, sediment, sentiment
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