Definition of governance
: government
- the challenges of national governance
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Examples of governance in a Sentence
They have very different approaches to the governance of the city.
after World War II, the four Allied nations shared the governance of the territory of postwar Germany under the Allied Control Council
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In Poland, the Law & Justice Party has led a similar assault against courts, the media and other fixtures of democratic governance since taking power in 2015.
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To talk about it, the men met TIME at the Watergate complex, where a 1972 break-in spawned the scandal that redefined the terms of governance.
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But President Sergio Mattarella, who must bless any coalition government, is in favor of Italy living by EU standards of governance.
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And the anatomy of the conflict, extensively revealed in court records as well as testimony at trial by the main participants, exposes one of the most naked accounts of governance gone awry in corporate history.
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The new system of governance narrowly passed the April 2017 referendum, but 59 percent of expatriate Turks voted in favor of the change.
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Turkey will vote on June 24 —more than a year earlier than scheduled— in parliamentary and presidential elections, ushering in a new system of governance.
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The philosophy of governance—defined by loyalty, hostile to expertise, and comfortable with lies—created a disaster, even as its adherents extolled American values.
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Wells Fargo will also have to improve risk management, governance, and board oversight practices, and cannot increase its current asset size until the Fed is convinced of the improvements.
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Origin and Etymology of governance
see govern
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First Known Use: 15th century
in the meaning defined above
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Synonyms
administration, care, charge, conduct, control, direction, government, guidance, handling, intendance, management, operation, oversight, presidency, regulation, running, stewardship, superintendence, superintendency, supervision;
Related Words
generalship, leadership, rulership;
aegis (also egis), custody, guardianship, keeping, lap, protection, safekeeping, trust, tutelage, ward;
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GOVERNANCE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of governance for English Language Learners
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: the way that a city, company, etc., is controlled by the people who run it
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