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# governmental

«governmental» in Mova's school dictionary: **To do with a government, the group of people who run a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (governmental)

### meaning for a pupil

To do with a government, the group of people who run a country, state or area and make its laws and decisions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governmental/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In citizenship and politics lessons it appears in phrases like governmental departments, governmental decisions and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) such as charities that are not run by the state. Phrases: governmental agency, governmental policy, non-governmental organisation.

### examples

- The new park is a governmental project. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governmental/#x1)
- The Red Cross is a non-governmental organisation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governmental/#x2)
- Governmental decisions affect schools and hospitals. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governmental/#x3)
- The report came from a governmental agency. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governmental/#x4)
- Some charities work without governmental money. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governmental/#x5)
- Teachers explained the difference between governmental and local council jobs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governmental/#x6)
- "And consequently you have married a governmental official," said Holberg, and made a bow to her and to the collector. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governmental/#x7)

### note

Formal word; in everyday speech people usually say «government» as an adjective: government money. Spelling: remember the n in «governMENTal» (gover-n-ment). NGO = non-governmental organisation.

### Trees and pragmatics

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