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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
govern
1. bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations (Freq. 11) - We cannot regulate the way people dress - This town likes to regulate • Syn: regulate, regularize, regularise, order • Ant: deregulate (for: regulate) • Derivationally related forms: government, governor, order (for: order), regulation (for: regulate), regulator (for: regulate), regulating (for: regulate) • Hypernyms: decide, make up one's mind, determine • Hyponyms: standardize, standardise, zone, district • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s - Somebody ----s something - Something ----s something 2. direct or strongly influence the behavior of (Freq. 8) - His belief in God governs his conduct • Derivationally related forms: government • Hypernyms: control, command • Verb Frames: - Something ----s something 3. exercise authority over; as of nations (Freq. 3) - Who is governing the country now? • Syn: rule • Derivationally related forms: rule (for: rule), ruler (for: rule), government, governor, governing, governance • Hypernyms: control, command • Hyponyms: throne, misgovern, dictate, reign • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s (for: rule) - Somebody ----s 4. require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood - most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German • Hypernyms: necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand • Verb Frames: - Something ----s something
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