English-Spanish translations for govern

• gobernar
  Pero gobernar consiste en prever. To govern, however, means to make plans.
  Ningún gobierno puede controlar o gobernar el pensamiento de su pueblo. No government can control or govern its people's thinking.
  Se ha dicho que gobernar es prever. It has been said that to govern means to foresee.
• kuninkaasta) reinar

Definition of govern

• To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in
• To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain
• To exercise a deciding or determining influence on
• To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate
• To exercise political authority; to run a government
• To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word; sometimes used synonymously with collocate

Examples

• The old king governed the land wisely.
• Govern yourselves like civilized people.
• a student who could not govern his impulses
• Chance governs the outcome of many card games.
• a valve that governs fuel intake

Related words

• self-government
• government
• governmental
• governor
• governing
• intergovernmental
• governance
• governess
• governorate