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

  1. The region is now governed by Morocco.
  2. The party will not be able to govern alone.
  3. The laws that govern the movements of the stars
  4. Fear governed their lives.
  5. The company is governed by strict environmental regulations.
  6. Rules governing union elections