Dictionary entry
Govern
Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌv(ə)n/
Pronunciation
/ˈɡʌv(ə)n/
Myanmar Meaning
(vt,vi) အုပ်ချုပ်သည်။ (v) အုပ်ချုပ်
Definition
govern / 'gʌvn / v ၁။ (ႏိုင္ငံကို) အုပ္ခ်ဳပ္သည္။ The country is governed by elected representatives of the people. ၂။ ထိန္းခ်ဳပ္သည္။ စိုးမိုးသည္။ လႊမ္းမိုးသည္။ Everything he does is governed by self-interest. ❍ The law of supply and demand governs the prices of goods. ❍ There is a need for a change in the laws governing contracts between oil companies. ❍ Since I'm unable to decide, I will be governed by you. ငါ မဆံုးျဖတ္တတ္လို႔ မင္းေျပာတဲ့အတိုင္း လိုက္နာပါ့မယ္။ ၃။ ( grammar ) (esp of a v or a prep ) အသံုးျပဳရသည္။ In Latin, several verbs govern the dative. ❏ governing /'gʌvǝnÇŋ / adj အာဏာပိုင္။ the governing body of a school/ college.
Examples
- The region is now governed by Morocco.
- The party will not be able to govern alone.
- The laws that govern the movements of the stars
- Fear governed their lives.
- The company is governed by strict environmental regulations.
- Rules governing union elections