government

noun

US /ˈɡʌvərnmənt/

Word Forms

singular	government
plural	governments

1
countable/uncountable the people who control a country, region, or city and make decisions about its laws and taxes
The Mexican government has announced its plans to raise the minimum wage next year.
a democratically elected government
federal/central government (=government for an entire country):
The laws will take power from the federal government (=government for the whole country) and give it to state and local authorities.
state/local government (=government for a state or city):
The tax surplus is to be given to local governments to spend as they see fit.
under a government (=during the government of a particular party):
Under the Conservative government things were very different.
Synonyms and related words
Groups of government officials
apparatus
assembly
bureaucracy
1. 1a
  the members of the main political party in a legislature, or the members of the cabinet (=the group of politicians with the most important jobs) in a system with a legislature
  form a government (=choose the people who will have the most important jobs in the government):
  The party with an overall majority is then asked to form a government.
  coalition government (=in which members of different parties have important jobs in the government):
  The Congress Party is threatening to quit the coalition government.
  Synonyms and related words
  Groups of government officials
  apparatus
  assembly
  bureaucracy
2. 1b
  only before nounrelating to a government, especially a national government
  government employees
  Synonyms and related words
  Systems of government and types of government
  absolutism
  anarchy
  associative democracy
2
uncountable the process, method, or effects of governing
I’m not sure these reforms will necessarily lead to more effective government.
Synonyms and related words
General words relating to politics and government
administration
affairs
associative

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