Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

“governments” is a form of

government

UK /ˈɡʌv.ə.mənt/ · US /ˈɡʌv.ɚ(n).mənt/ noun

Forms governments gouernement gub'mint gubmint gummint gubbamint guvmint guvment gumment guv'ment guv'mint gubberment gubbermint gubment gub'ment govermint

  1. noun The body with the power to make and/or enforce laws to control a country, land area, people or organization. “British government has historically centred exclusively on London.”
  2. noun (grammar, linguistics) The relationship between a word and its dependents.
  3. noun The state and its administration viewed as the ruling political power. “If the citizens must follow the law, then the government must follow the constitution.”
  4. noun (uncountable) The management or control of a system.
  5. noun The tenure of a head of government; the ministry or administration led by a specified individual. “The Sunak government announced plans to stem the flow of migrants coming into Great Britain.”
  6. noun In a parliamentary system, the political party or coalition in power; its condition of being in power.
  7. noun (debating) The team tasked with presenting and speaking in favour of a resolution, as opposed to the opposition.
  8. noun A guberniya.

Synonyms

regimen rection state administration governance management statism authorities regime governing government activity politics political science

Antonyms

anarchy chaos insurgency people rebellion shadow government uprising

Etymology

From Middle English governement, from Old French governement (modern French gouvernement), from governer (see govern) + -ment. Morphologically govern + -ment. Displaced native Old English gerec, leodweard, ræden, rǣding and ealdordōm.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of governing; the exercise of authority; the administration of laws; control; direction; regulation; as, civil, church, or family government.
  2. noun The mode of governing; the system of polity in a state; the established form of law. That free government which we have so dearly purchased, free commonwealth. Milton.

Etymology [F. gouvernement. See Govern.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “government”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “government” (best matches first).

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