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# government

«government» in Mova's school dictionary: **The group of people who run a country, state or city and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a government, governments)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The group of people who run a country, state or city and make decisions about laws, taxes and services. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/government/#m1)

2) The way a country is ruled. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/government/#m2)

3) In old Russia, a government was a large region of the empire, ruled by its own official. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/government/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In citizenship and history lessons, governments make laws, collect taxes and pay for schools, hospitals, roads and the police; in a democracy, people vote to choose them. Different countries have different governments: a president, a prime minister, a parliament or congress. Phrases: «the government», «local government», «federal government», «form of government».

### examples

- The government decides how much money schools get. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/government/#x1)
- People vote to choose the government. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/government/#x2)
- Local government looks after parks and bins. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/government/#x3)
- The prime minister leads the British government. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/government/#x4)
- In the USA, the federal government is in Washington, D.C. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/government/#x5)
- The government built a new hospital in our town. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/government/#x6)
- Long ago, many countries were ruled by kings, not elected governments. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/government/#x7)
- The government gave money to farmers after the floods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/government/#x8)

### note

Spelling trap: «goverNment» — the n is often forgotten («govern + ment»). Used with «the». Verb: «govern»; adjective: «governmental». The government is not the same as the whole country.

### In the corpora

- [Child benefit is a small regular payment from the government to families with children, to help with things like shoes and food.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/5-where-money-comes-from/12/)
- [Scene: at Christmas dinner in Leeds, Grandad and Auntie Jo argue about the government until the gravy goes cold.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/31-votes-parties-and-the-people-in-charge/4/)
- [The council is the local government.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/2/)
- [The council is the local government that looks after roads, parks, bins, libraries and planning, run by elected councillors.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/11/)
- [Governments in some countries have started writing laws about how AI may be used.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/22-news-jobs-art-safety/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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