noun
1 people in control of a country
ADJECTIVE
▪ central , federal , local , national , provincial , regional , state
▪ Conservative , Democratic , Labour , Republican , etc.
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the country's new Communist ~
▪ left-wing , right-wing
▪ coalition
▪ minority
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The socialists won 42% of the seats and formed a minority ~.
▪ caretaker , interim , provisional , transitional
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The president dissolved the assembly and swore in an interim ~.
▪ military
▪ puppet
▪ foreign
▪ French , Western , etc.
▪
The report on world poverty calls for urgent action from Western ~s.
▪ current , future , new
VERB + GOVERNMENT
▪ elect
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The present ~ was elected last year.
▪ establish , form
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A new ~ was formed in September of that year.
▪ install
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A puppet ~ was installed as the occupying forces withdrew.
▪ swear in
▪ head , run
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a new ~ headed by a former military leader
▪ bring down , destabilize , oust , overthrow , topple
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This crisis could bring down the British ~.
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The group aims to overthrow the military ~.
▪ support
GOVERNMENT + VERB
▪ come to power
▪ take office
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On May 23 a coalition ~ took office.
▪ fall , resign
▪
a national emergency that could cause the ~ to fall
▪ announce sth
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The ~ announced the cancellation of the dam project.
▪ introduce sth , launch sth
GOVERNMENT + NOUN
▪ agency , body , department
▪ building , offices
▪ funds , money
▪ aid , assistance , backing , funding , grant , subsidy , support
▪ expenditure , spending
▪ cuts
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The hospital has been hit by ~ cuts.
▪ control , regulation
▪ intervention , involvement
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calls for ~ intervention in the dispute
▪ employee , minister , official , representative , spokesman , spokesperson
▪ sources
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According to ~ sources, two people died in the incident.
▪ figures , statistics
▪ post
▪ reshuffle ( esp. BrE )
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The former minister was relieved of his post in last month's extensive ~ reshuffle.
▪ decisions , legislation , measures , plans , policy , programme/program , proposals
▪ service
▪ report
▪ propaganda
PREPOSITION
▪ in ~
▪
a problem facing whichever party is in ~
▪ under a/the ~
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measures that were introduced under the last ~
PHRASES
▪ a change in ~ , a change of ~
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It is time we had a change of ~.
▪ the ~ of the day
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This was a decision taken by the ~ of the day.
▪ a member of a ~
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The president has been meeting members of the French ~.
2 act of governing
ADJECTIVE
▪ democratic , representative
▪ firm ( esp. BrE ), good , strong
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We need strong ~ to take the country through this crisis.
▪ weak
▪ big , small
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The era of big ~ may be over.
▪
We believe in low taxation and small ~.