govern
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations
We cannot regulate the way people dress
Types & categories
- decide hypernym
- standardize hyponym
- zone hyponym
Related & opposite
- deregulate antonym
- regulating derivation
- regularization derivation
- governor derivation
- government derivation
- rule derivation
- regulator derivation
- order derivation
Sense 2 verb
direct or strongly influence the behavior of
His belief in God governs his conduct
Types & categories
- control hypernym
Related & opposite
- governing derivation
Sense 3 verb
exercise authority over; as of nations
Who is governing the country now?
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood
most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German
Types & categories
- need hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | deregulate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | regulating |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | regularization |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | governor |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | government |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rule |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | regulator |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | order |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | decide |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | standardize |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | zone |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | governing |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | control |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | governing |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | government |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | governor |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ruler |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dominion |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | rule |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | control |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | throne |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | misgovern |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dictate |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | reign |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | need |