governed
Meaning of governed
verb, past tense
- conduct the policy, actions, and affairs of (a state, organization, or people) with authority.
he was incapable of governing the country
- (of a word) require that (another word or group of words) be in a particular case.
the Latin preposition ‘cum’ governs nouns in the ablative
Middle English: from Old French governer, from Latin gubernare ‘to steer, rule’, from Greek kubernan ‘to steer’.
Information about governed
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of governed
gov-erned
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- governed is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
governed synonyms
Meaning exercise ultimate power or authority over (an area and its people):
Meaning determine the behaviour or supervise the running of:
Meaning dominate (a strategic position) from a superior height:
Meaning be in charge or command of:
Meaning have power and influence over:
Meaning be in charge of; manage:
Meaning be in charge of:
Meaning control the operations of; manage or govern:
Meaning manage and be responsible for the running of (a business, organization, etc.):
Meaning give an authoritative instruction to do something:
Meaning be in charge of (a business, organization, or undertaking); run:
Meaning control (something, especially a business activity) by means of rules and regulations:
Meaning direct or influence the behaviour or development of:
Meaning organize and carry out:
Meaning supervise (a person or their work), especially in an official capacity:
Meaning observe and direct the execution of (a task or activity):
Meaning be responsible for the management or arrangement of (an activity or organization); oversee:
Meaning guide or control the movement of (a vehicle, vessel, or aircraft), for example by turning a wheel or operating a rudder:
Meaning be the pilot of (an aircraft or ship):
Meaning rule; govern:
Words that rhyme with governed
Harned, Larned, Learned, awarned, barned, consarned, darned, earned, forewarned, forwarned, goldarned, larned, learned, mislearned, outearned, outlearned, overlearned, prewarned, reearned, relearned, starned, unbooklearned, undarned, unearned, unforewarned, unlawlearned, unlearned, unwarned, unyearned, warned, yarned, yearned, beferned, caverned, cerned, concerned, crooksterned, decerned, derned, discerned, erned, ferned, gerned, gitterned, interned, kerned, lanterned, misgoverned, nonpatterned, overconcerned
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