Definition: 1. Bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations. 2. Direct or strongly influence the behavior of. 3. Exercise authority over; as of nations. 4. Require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood.
Use 'govern' in a sentence:
1. We need changes in the law governing school attendance.
2. They would define the driver's role in such cars and govern how such cars perform in crashes.
3. Laws have been written to govern the use of American National Flag, and to ensure proper respect for the flag.
4. The league became the governing body for amateur fencing in the U.S.
5. They are less interested in using it for the good of the people they govern.
6. Prior to resettlement, the chiefs' council controlled only the broad policy of the tribal league; individual tribes had institutions―most important, the longhouse―to govern their own affairs.
7. They described him as unfit to govern.
8. The state recognizes this in the large body of family laws that govern children's welfare, yet parents receive little help in meeting the life-changing obligations society imposes.
9. G20 ministers also talked about the possibility of creating a "voluntary code of conduct" to govern negotiations between creditors and countries on the verge of defaulting on debt.
10. Create and Govern a SOA roadmap.
11. He was inept and lacked the intelligence to govern.
12. Order and discipline have been placed in the hands of headmasters and governing bodies.
13. The two parts of the plan were governed by the same logic.
14. It makes nonsense of our own rules governing laws of adoption in this country.
15. So the same rules must govern what humans do.
16. Newton, siting for many years under an apple tree, eventually figured out one of the greatest universal rules that govern the whole globe.
17. Three other types of airspace, Classes D, C and B, govern the vicinity of airports.
18. They were utterly unfit to govern America.
19. He accused the opposition party of being unfit to govern.
20. You've got to govern from the middle.
21. Having the power or right to govern.
22. Gravity governs the motions of celestial bodies.
23. Sensible ideas have been around for a long time, but the state-level bodies that govern the profession have been too conservative to implement them.
24. For the Greeks, the same mathematical principles that govern music also govern the universe as well as the human character, the essence of personality.
25. They go to the polls on Friday to choose the people they want to govern their country.
26. They were utterly unfit to govern.
27. When the egg is fertilized, the substances become active and, presumably, govern the behavior of the genes they interact with.
28. The conventions or assumptions that govern conversation, these may vary from one culture to another.
29. On the basis of this ideal, the Taoist school formulated the management spirit of wuwei erzhi (to govern without exertion).
30. The following rules govern the float property.
31. The lighter rules that typically govern bed-and-breakfasts are more than adequate.
32. It will be able to put together a governing coalition.
33. WeNeed a New Treaty to Govern the Arctic.
34. All his decisions have been entirely governed by self-interest.
35. In a direct democracy, citizens take turns governing themselves, rather than electing representatives to govern for them.
36. 82% of voters are dissatisfied with the way their country is being governed.
37. They demand the right to govern themselves.
38. In 1966, Pastor Albertz took over from him as governing mayor.
39. First of all, we need to begin with what to govern.
40. "Can we all govern?" the movie asks at the outset.
41. The republics began asserting their right to govern themselves.
42. The people are sure to believe in you if you govern the country by morals and laws.
43. Unlike Confucius, Socrates was not asked by rulers how to govern effectively.
44. The country is governed by elected representatives of the people.
45. What they can do is wrestle with the fundamental questions that govern the fate of any enterprise.
46. Their work includes the identification of genes which govern the growth rate and fertility.
47. The governing body is charged with managing the school within its budget.
48. In the United States the majority governs in the name of the people.
49. Marine insurance is governed by a strict series of rules and regulations.
50. The Conservatives were then the governing party.
51. Character is not separable from physical form but is governed by it.
52. The school's governing body took responsibility for the decision.
53. Prices are governed by market demand.
54. Income must govern expenditure.
55. The government has altered the rules governing eligibility for unemployment benefit.
56. For women, the 'biological clock' governs the time for having children.
57. Rules governing student conduct relaxed somewhat in recent years.
