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govern

IPA(Pronunciation)
/ˈɡʌvɚn/
Verb
transitive intransitive obsolete
(transitive) To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in. / (intransitive) To exercise political authority; to run a government.
Japanese Meaning
統治する / 支配する / 政府を運営する / 政治を管理する
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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

地元の指導者たちの連合は、インフラと公共サービスを改善するために地域を共同で統治することに合意した。

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Sense（1）
(transitive) To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.
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Sense（2）
(intransitive) To exercise political authority; to run a government.
Sense（3）
(transitive) To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.
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Sense（4）
(transitive) To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.
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Sense（5）
(intransitive) To have or exercise a determining influence.
Sense（6）
(transitive, obsolete) To handle, to manage, to oversee (a matter, an affair, a household, etc.).
Sense（7）
(transitive) To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.
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Sense（8）
(transitive, obsolete) To direct the course of, to guide in some direction, to steer.
Sense（9）
(transitive, obsolete) To look after, to take care of, to tend to (someone or some plant).
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Sense（10）
(transitive, obsolete) To manage, to control, to work (a tool or mechanical device).
Sense（11）
(transitive, grammar) To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word; sometimes used synonymously with collocate.

governs
（ present singular third-person ）

governing
（ participle present ）

governed
（ participle past ）

governed
（ past ）

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