Government : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Government	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Government
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
government n the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit; "the government reduced taxes"; "the matter was referred to higher authorities" Synonym(s): government, authorities, regime the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government" Synonym(s): government, governing, governance, government activity, administration (government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed; "tyrannical government" the study of government of states and other political units Synonym(s): politics, political science, government
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Government \Gov"ernment\, n. [F. gouvernement. See {Govern}.] 1. The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government. 2. The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law. That free government* which we have so dearly purchased, free commonwealth. --Milton. 3. The right or power of governing; authority. I here resign my government to thee. --Shak. 4. The person or persons authorized to administer the laws; the ruling power; the administration. When we, in England, speak of the government, we generally understand the ministers of the crown for the time being. --Mozley & W. 5. The body politic governed by one authority; a state; as, the governments of Europe. 6. Management of the limbs or body. --Shak. 7. (Gram.) The influence of a word in regard to construction, requiring that another word should be in a particular case.