governing
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
govern /ˈgʌv(ə)n/
▶verb
- 1 conduct the policy and affairs of (a state, organization, or people).
■ control or influence.
- 2 constitute a rule, standard, or principle for.
■ serve to decide (a legal case).
- 3 Grammar (of a word) require that (another word or group of words) be in a particular case.
– derivatives
governability noun,
governable adjective.
governability noun,
governable adjective.
– origin ME: from OFr. governer, from L. gubernare ‘to steer, rule’, from Gk kubernan ‘to steer’.
'governing' also found in these Oxford entries:
burgess
- chapter
- code
- commonwealth
- communitarianism
- competence
- conference
- Congregationalism
- county council
- diwan
- dominion
- ethics
- exceptionalism
- executive session
- fellow
- FIFA
- Gauleiter
- General Synod
- governance
- governing body
- government
- governor
- grant-maintained
- homeland
- independent
- minority government
- municipality
- preposition
- principle
- protocol
- psychology
- rector
- regent
- regimen
- rule
- self-governing
- senate
- session
- signory
- SOLAS
- sovereignty
- standing order
- Supreme Soviet
- to
- town council
- vote
