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# governance

«governance» in Mova's school dictionary: **the way a country, organisation or school is run and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (governance, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

(formal) Governance is the way a country, organisation or school is run and controlled, including who makes decisions and how. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governance/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In citizenship lessons and adult news, «good governance» means fair, honest, open running of a country or company. School governors look after a school's governance. It is a stiff formal word; plain words: running, management, rule. Phrases: «good governance», «school governance», «corporate governance».

### examples

- The report looked at the governance of the school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governance/#x1)
- Good governance means leaders are honest and fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governance/#x2)
- The charity changed its governance after problems. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governance/#x3)
- Citizens have a say in the governance of their country by voting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governance/#x4)
- The company's governance is checked every year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governance/#x5)
- Students learned about local governance from the mayor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governance/#x6)
- Weak governance can let money be wasted. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governance/#x7)

### note

Uncountable, formal. Related: govern, government, governor. Different from «government» (the group of people in charge).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «governance» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governance/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.