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The
Simple English Wikipedia
has an article on:
Government
Government
is on the Academic Vocabulary List.
Pronunciation
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(
UK
)
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ˈgʌvənmənt/
,
SAMPA
:
/"gVv@nm@nt/
(
US
)
IPA
(
key
)
:
/ˈɡʌvɚnmənt/
,
SAMPA
:
/"gVv@`nm@nt/
Audio (US)
(
file
)
Audio (UK)
(
file
)
Hyphenation
: gov‧ern‧ment
Noun
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Singular
government
Plural
governments
A government office in
Taiwan
.
(
uncountable
) A
government
is a group of people who make the
laws
and
control
a
country
or other place.
The
local
government
announced
a 5% cut in
taxes
.
Related words
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govern
governor
governance