1. • noun - the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
   • noun - the act of governing
   • noun - (government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed
   • noun - the study of government of states and other political units
2. • The act or process of governing, especially the control and administration of public policy in a political unit.
   • The office, function, or authority of one who governs or of a governing body.
   • Exercise of authority in a political unit; rule.
   • The agency or apparatus through which an individual or a body that governs exercises authority and performs its functions.
   • The ruling political party or coalition of political parties in a parliamentary system.
   • The cabinet in a parliamentary system.
   • The persons who make up a governing body.
   • A system or policy by which a political unit is governed.
   • Management or administration of an organization, a business, or an institution.
   • In American usage government always takes a singular verb.

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