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— English words —

• govern v. (Transitive) To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.
• govern v. (Intransitive) To exercise political authority; to run a government.
• govern v. (Transitive) To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.
• govern v. (Transitive) To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.
• govern v. (Intransitive) To have or exercise a determining influence.
• govern v. (Transitive, obsolete) To handle, to manage, to oversee (A matter, an affair, a household, etc.).
• govern v. (Transitive) To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.
• govern v. (Transitive, obsolete) To direct the course of, to guide in some direction, to steer.
• govern v. (Transitive, obsolete) To look after, to take care of, to tend to (someone or some plant).
• govern v. (Transitive, obsolete) To manage, to control, to work (a tool or mechanical device).
• govern v. (Transitive, grammar) To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word;…
• govern n. The act of governing.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Catalan
  • govern n. Government.
• Occitan
  • govèrn n. Government.

— English word, defined in German —

• govern V. Politik: die Herrschaft ausüben, regieren.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• govern w. Regeren.

— English words, defined in French —

• govern v. Gouverner, régir.
• govern v. (Grammaire) Régir.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• govern v. Gobernar.
• govern v. Determinar.

74 English words from 14 English definitions

act actions administer affair affairs after A␣matter and authority behavior care care␣of case certain control course deciding determining device direct direction etc exercise flow governing government grammar grammatical grammatical␣case guide handle have household influence Intransitive keep keep␣under look look␣after make manage matter mechanical obsolete oversee plant policy political preposition public public␣policy regulate require restrain run some someone sovereign speed steer take take␣care take␣care␣of tend that the tool Transitive under under␣control used with word work

1 English word from 6 foreign definitions

die

10 foreign words from 6 foreign definitions

ausüben Determinar Gobernar Gouverner Grammaire Herrschaft Politik Regeren regieren régir

119 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

governs governed governee governor Governor governail Governale governate governees governers governess governest governeth governing governors Governors governour governable governably Governales governance governancy governante governates Governator governessy government governorly governours governances governantes governaunce governeress governessed governesses governingly governments governorate governoress governancies governaunces governessdom governessing governmental governorates governorship governability governeresses governess-cart governesshood +69 words

133 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

e-governs e-governed McGoverns cogoverned cogovernor e-governing misgoverns ungoverned cogovernors e-governance eGovernment e-government mcgovernite misgoverned misgovernor nongoverned overgoverns subgovernor ungoverning archgovernor e-governments HM␣Government misgoverning misgovernors nongoverning overgoverned subgoverness subgovernors ungovernable ungovernably ungovernedly archgovernors big␣government Big␣Government malgovernance malgovernment misgovernance misgovernment nongovernment overgoverning progovernment pro-government self-governing subgovernment undergovernor antigovernment anti-government data␣governance metagovernance misgovernaunce +83 words

6 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

e-govern cogovern McGovern misgovern overgovern self-govern

17 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ern Ern -ern gov GOV gov. Gov. -gov- gove Gove Gover over Over over- ver ver. Vern

6 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

NRE rev Rev rev. Rev. vog

9 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

e-govern envigor genovar Gorevan governs Lovgren Norvego- overing verge␣on

21 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Egnor ergon genro goner Goren Gover Groen grone grove Grove negro Negro nervo- Norge Ogren ornge Rengo reong Rogen Vengo Veron

3 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

Govers govorn Lovern

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

Gover

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