English verb: govern | |||
1. | govern (social) bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations | ||
Samples | We cannot regulate the way people dress. This town likes to regulate. | ||
Synonyms | order, regularise, regularize, regulate | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | decide, determine, make up one's mind | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | district, standardise, standardize, zone | ||
Antonyms | deregulate | ||
2. | govern (social) direct or strongly influence the behavior of | ||
Samples | His belief in God governs his conduct. | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | command, control | ||
3. | govern (social) exercise authority over; as of nations | ||
Samples | Who is governing the country now?. | ||
Synonyms | rule | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | command, control | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | dictate, misgovern, reign, throne | ||
4. | govern (stative) require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood | ||
Samples | Most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German. | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | ask, call for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take | ||