n. 1
The relationship between a word and its dependents.
n. 2
The state and its administration viewed as the ruling political power.
Near-synonyms: state, administration
n. 3
The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization.
British government has historically centred exclusively on London.
n. 4
The management or control of a system.

Related words

Word family: governmental govware govern governance governor
Phrases: government note shadow government government cheese puppet government representative government form of government government debt government name
Is a kind of: administration

Forms

state Hoover was born in the farm state of Iowa in 1874.
power This machine consumes 10% of all the power we use.
authority I don't have the authority to give you permission.
governance Algeria's economy is suffering from poor governance.
polity Maratha polity consisted of a decentralised confederacy of various states.

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

4 letters: rule¹, sway¹
5 letters: state¹, power²
6 letters: empire³, regime², polity³, troika²
7 letters: control², command², conduct², regimen³, statism³, rection, dyarchy, biarchy
8 letters: politics³, guidance², monarchy³, dominion³, octarchy
9 letters: direction³, authority⁴, tetrarchy, heptarchy, pentarchy
10 letters: management³, regulation⁴, discipline³, governance³, domination⁴, dodecarchy
11 letters: authorities⁴
12 letters: jurisdiction⁴
13 letters: quinquevirate
14 letters: administration⁵, duodecimvirate

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (power² = 2 syllables).