Meaning
- (verb) To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in. “The old king governed the land wisely.”
- (verb) To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain. “Govern yourselves like civilized people.”
- (verb) To exercise a deciding or determining influence on. “Chance governs the outcome of many card games.”
- (verb) To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate. “a valve that governs fuel intake”
- (verb) To exercise political authority; to run a government.
- (verb) To have or exercise a determining influence.
- (verb) (grammar) To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word; sometimes used synonymously with collocate.
Letter breakdown
- Governing contains 9 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
- It uses 7 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 14.
Words from these letters
- nerving
- verging
- ginger
- goring
- govern
- gringo
- ignore
- nigger
- noggin
- region
- roving
- given
- going
- goner
- gorge
- groin
- grove
- inner
- reign
- riven
- vigor
- vireo
- ergo
- give
- gone
- gong
- gore
- grin
- grog
- iron
- neon
- nine
- none
- ogre
- oven
- over
- rein
- ring
- rove
- vein
- vine
- egg
- ego
- eon
- erg
- gen
- gig
- gin
- gov
- inn
- ion
- ire
- neg
- non
- nor
- one
- ore
- rev
- rig
Connected words
Other 9-letter words
- aardvarks
- abandoned
- abasement
- abatement
- abattoirs
- abdicated
- abdicates
- abdominal
- abductees
- abducting
- abduction
- abductors
- abhorrent
- abhorring
- abilities
- ablatives
- ablutions
- abnegated
Words starting with GOV
- gov
- govern
- governable
- governance
- governed
- governess
- governesses
- government
- governmental
- governments
- governor
- governors
- governorship
- governs
- govt
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Words ending with ING
Reader questions
What does Governing mean?
To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.
How many letters are in Governing?
Governing has 9 letters.
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