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government
English
Alternative forms
- (nonstandard) gub'mint, gubmint, gummint, gubbamint, guvmint, guvment, gumment, guv'ment, guv'mint, gubbermint, gubment, gub'ment, govermint, guvverment, guvvermint, guverment, guvermint
Etymology
From Middle English governement, from Old French governement (modern French gouvernement), from governer (see govern) + -ment.
Morphologically govern +? -ment
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???v?(n)m?nt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /???v?(n)m?nt/
- Hyphenation: gov?ern?ment
Noun
government (countable and uncountable, plural governments)
- 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.
- (grammar, linguistics) The relationship between a word and its dependents.
- The state and its administration viewed as the ruling political power.
- (uncountable) The management or control of a system.
- The tenure of a chief of state.
Usage notes
In the United States, "government" is considered to be divided into three branches; the legislature (the House of Representatives and the Senate) which makes law, the Administration (under the President) which runs sections of government within the law, and the Courts, which adjudicate on matters of the law. This is a much wider meaning of "government" than exists in other countries where the term "government" means the ruling political force of the prime minister and his/her cabinet ministers (what Americans would call the Administration). In Britain, the administrative organs of the nation are collectively referred to as "the state". In Canada government is used in both senses and neither state nor administration are used. Applied to many countries in continental Europe (when using English), the British usage is common.
In Britain, the word is often capitalised when referring to the UK government.
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See also
- ocracy
government From the web:
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district
English
Etymology
From French district, from Medieval Latin districtus (“a district within which the lord may distrain, also jurisdiction”), from Latin districtus, past participle of distringere (“to draw asunder, compel, distrain”), from dis- (“apart”) +? stringere (“to draw tight, strain”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: d?s?tr?kt, IPA(key): /?d?st??kt/
- Hyphenation: dis?trict
Noun
district (plural districts)
- An administrative division of an area.
- the Soho district of London
- An area or region marked by some distinguishing feature.
- the Lake District in Cumbria
- (Britain) An administrative division of a county without the status of a borough.
- South Oxfordshire District Council
Derived terms
Related terms
- districtual
Translations
Verb
district (third-person singular simple present districts, present participle districting, simple past and past participle districted)
- (transitive) To divide into administrative or other districts.
Derived terms
- redistrict
Translations
Adjective
district (comparative more district, superlative most district)
- (obsolete) rigorous; stringent; harsh
- 1563, John Foxe, Actes and Monuments
- punishing with the rod of district severity
- 1563, John Foxe, Actes and Monuments
Further reading
- district in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- district in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- district at OneLook Dictionary Search
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch district, from Middle French district, from Medieval Latin districtus (“a district within which the lord may distrain, also jurisdiction”), from Latin districtus, past participle of distring?, distringere (“draw asunder, compel, distrain”), from dis- (“apart”) + string?, stringere (“draw tight, strain”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?s?tr?kt/
- Hyphenation: dis?trict
- Rhymes: -?kt
Noun
district n (plural districten, diminutive districtje n)
- district
Derived terms
- kiesdistrict
Descendants
- Afrikaans: distrik
- ? Indonesian: distrik
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dis.t?ikt/, /dis.t?ik/
Noun
district m (plural districts)
- district
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from French district, from Medieval Latin districtus (“a district within which the lord may distrain, also jurisdiction”), from Latin districtus, past participle of distring?, distringere (“draw asunder, compel, distrain”), from dis- (“apart”) + string?, stringere (“draw tight, strain”).
Noun
district m (plural districts)
- (Jersey) district
Romanian
Etymology
From French district
Noun
district n (plural districte)
- district
Declension
district From the web:
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- what district does aoc represent
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