government

[zone: 1, ipm: 919.77]

Definitions

  • the group of people who are responsible for controlling a country or a state
  • a particular system or method of controlling a country

Examples

  1. The head of government is the prime minister, generally the leader of the governing political party in Parliament.
  2. The government acted, however, with generosity and courage, although their wisdom and administrative aptitude were not equally conspicuous.
  3. The Tory government imposed new taxes on the American Colonies.
  4. As the extent and complexity of government increased, the number of households multiplied.
  5. A monarchial form of government has supporters and critics who express opposite views regarding its significance and effect on the nation it rules over.

Collocations

  • British [score: 10.6, freq: 1433] (the British government)
  • majesty [score: 10.24, freq: 61] (her majesty's government)
  • Rome [score: 10.24, freq: 20] (Rome's government)
  • official [score: 9.65, freq: 77] (government officials)
  • Gladstone [score: 9.31, freq: 10] (Gladstone's government)
  • policy [score: 9.31, freq: 14] (government's policy)
  • Nasser [score: 9.25, freq: 9] (Nasser's government)
  • decision [score: 9.2, freq: 6] (following government's decision)
  • establish [score: 9.13, freq: 169] (government established)
  • French [score: 8.99, freq: 440] (the French government)
  • central [score: 8.98, freq: 210] (central government)
  • Pitt [score: 8.91, freq: 10] (Pitt's government)
  • Germany [score: 8.83, freq: 14] (Germany's government)
  • local [score: 8.65, freq: 185] (local government)
  • English [score: 8.6, freq: 236] (the English government)
  • authority [score: 8.59, freq: 6] (government's executive authority)
  • department [score: 8.56, freq: 27] (government department)
  • Provisional [score: 8.5, freq: 136] (the Provisional government)
  • Bismarck [score: 8.49, freq: 9] (Bismarck's government)
  • Henry [score: 8.35, freq: 8] (Henry's government)
  • colonial [score: 8.35, freq: 163] (colonial government)
  • North [score: 8.33, freq: 6] (Lord North's government)
  • Canadian [score: 8.24, freq: 126] (the Canadian government)
  • federal [score: 8.23, freq: 120] (federal government)
  • representative [score: 8.17, freq: 110] (representative government)
  • institute [score: 8.09, freq: 43] (governments are instituted among men)
  • support [score: 8.02, freq: 62] (support the government)
  • monopoly [score: 7.92, freq: 14] (government monopoly)
  • provincial [score: 7.9, freq: 96] (provincial government)
  • imperial [score: 7.87, freq: 129] (imperial government)
  • Chinese [score: 7.86, freq: 107] (the Chinese government)
  • Roman [score: 7.86, freq: 154] (the Roman government)
  • employee [score: 7.76, freq: 11] (government employee)
  • administer [score: 7.72, freq: 35] (administer the government)
  • executive [score: 7.68, freq: 81] (executive government)
  • appoint [score: 7.46, freq: 44] (appointed by the Government)
  • intrust [score: 7.13, freq: 22] (intrusted the government of)
  • adopt [score: 7.13, freq: 36] (government adopted)
  • subsidy [score: 6.93, freq: 7] (government subsidies)
  • Napoleon [score: 6.9, freq: 11] (Napoleon's government)
  • propose [score: 6.89, freq: 30] (government proposed)
  • issue [score: 6.74, freq: 26] (government issued)
  • King [score: 6.71, freq: 7] (King's government)

Thesaurus

  • state [score: 0.372, freq: 21685]
  • power [score: 0.366, freq: 28019]
  • people [score: 0.349, freq: 29977]
  • authority [score: 0.343, freq: 11249]
  • law [score: 0.328, freq: 16874]
  • king [score: 0.324, freq: 26488]
  • empire [score: 0.312, freq: 21781]
  • nation [score: 0.3, freq: 15132]
  • man [score: 0.298, freq: 43782]
  • country [score: 0.297, freq: 27816]
  • party [score: 0.297, freq: 11219]
  • emperor [score: 0.296, freq: 13757]
  • prince [score: 0.286, freq: 12311]
  • army [score: 0.284, freq: 23956]
  • minister [score: 0.282, freq: 8236]
  • France [score: 0.282, freq: 22227]
  • court [score: 0.282, freq: 9879]
  • system [score: 0.278, freq: 8829]
  • policy [score: 0.274, freq: 8979]
  • force [score: 0.272, freq: 15431]

Translations

Russian власть (0.016)
правительство (0.803)
правление (0.006)
государство (0.017)
Czech vláda (0.844)