governs

Meaning of governs

verb
  1. To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.
    The old king governed the land wisely.
  2. To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.
    Govern yourselves like civilized people.
  3. To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.
    Chance governs the outcome of many card games.
  4. To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.
    a valve that governs fuel intake
  5. To exercise political authority; to run a government.
  6. To have or exercise a determining influence.
  7. (grammar) To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word; sometimes used synonymously with collocate.

Information about governs

  • It is a verb.
  • The singular form of governs is: govern.
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Hyphenation of governs

gov-erns

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • governs is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with governs

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