Definition of government
1
:the act or process of governing;
specifically
:authoritative direction or control
3 a
:the office, authority, or function of governing
b
obsolete
:the term during which a governing official holds office
4
:the continuous exercise of authority over and the performance of functions for a political unit :rule
5 a
:the organization, machinery, or agency through which a political unit exercises authority and performs functions and which is usually classified according to the distribution of power within it
- She works for the federal government.
b
:the complex of political institutions, laws, and customs through which the function of governing is carried out
6
:the body of persons that constitutes the governing authority of a political unit or organization: such as
a
:the officials comprising the governing body of a political unit and constituting the organization as an active agency
- The government was slow to react to the crisis.
b
capitalized
:the executive branch of the U.S. federal government
c
capitalized
:a small group of persons holding simultaneously the principal political executive offices of a nation or other political unit and being responsible for the direction and supervision of public affairs:
(1)
:such a group in a parliamentary system constituted by the cabinet or by the ministry
(2)
:administration 4b
7
:political science
- studied economics and government
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