governとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʌvɚn/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈɡʌvən/
• ハイフネーション: gov‧ern
• 韻: -ʌvə(ɹ)n

動詞

govern (三人称単数 現在形 governs, 現在分詞 governing, 過去形および過去分詞形 governed)

1. (transitive) To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.

   The old king governed the land wisely.

2. (transitive) To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.

   Govern yourselves like civilized people.

   a student who could not govern his impulses

   • 2016, Justin Deschamps, Find the strength, courage, and discipline to govern yourself or be governed by someone else.

     Find the strength, courage, and discipline to govern yourself or be governed by someone else.

3. (transitive) To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.

   Chance governs the outcome of many card games.

4. (transitive) To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.

   a valve that governs fuel intake

5. (intransitive) To exercise political authority; to run a government.
6. (intransitive) To have or exercise a determining influence.
7. (transitive, grammar) To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word; sometimes used synonymously with collocate.

関連する語

• government
• governance
• governor
• governess

名詞

govern (複数形 governs)

1. The act of governing