GOVERN


Meaning of GOVERN in English

verb

ADVERB

▪ effectively , well

▪ directly

The colony was ~ed directly from Paris.

VERB + GOVERN

▪ be fit to , be unfit to

He accused the opposition party of being unfit to ~.

Govern is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ convention , ↑ law , ↑ policy , ↑ regime , ↑ regulation , ↑ rule , ↑ treaty

Govern is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ conduct , ↑ country , ↑ mechanism , ↑ movement , ↑ nation , ↑ practice , ↑ relation , ↑ territory , ↑ trade

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .