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Definition of Governing
1. Adjective. Responsible for making and enforcing rules and laws. "Governing bodies"
2. Noun. The act of governing; exercising authority. "He had considerable experience of government"
Examples of category: Land Reform, Squandermania, Price-fixing, Devolution, Devolvement, Destabilisation, Destabilization, Protest March, Government, Government, Political Science, Politics, Paternalism, Manifesto, Pronunciamento, Authorities, Government, Regime, Event Planner, Bounty, Premium, Zero Coupon Bond, Zero-coupon Bond, Office, Power, Anarchy, Lawlessness, Progressive, Reform-minded, Reformist, Allegiant, Federal, Unitary, Minimalist
Generic synonyms: Social Control
Specialized synonyms: Misgovernment, Misrule, Lawmaking, Legislating, Legislation, Trust Busting
Derivative terms: Govern, Govern, Govern
Definition of Governing
1. a. Holding the superiority; prevalent; controlling; as, a governing wind; a governing party in a state.
Definition of Governing
1. Verb. (present participle of govern) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Governing
1. govern [v] - See also: govern
Lexicographical Neighbors of Governing
Literary usage of Governing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1919)
"... requiring that a claim in writing be presented to the governing authority of
a municipality before suit to enforce a demand for 'money damages' on ..."
2. The Social Welfare Forum: Official Proceedings ... Annual Forum by National Conference on Social Welfare, American Social Science Association, Conference of Charities (U.S., Conference of Charities (U.S.), National Conference of Social Work (U.S. (1920)
"They are absolutely self-governing and self-supporting. Like the British co-operative
societies, however, they make use of considerable free service on the ..."
3. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1920)
"But the position of self-governing Dominions of°Seif-n underwent a ... of these
four self-governing Dominions and of India tc membership gives them a ..."
4. A Grammar of the German Language: Designed for a Thoro and Practical Study by George Oliver Curme (1922)
"The attributive adjective has the force of a predicate, ie it is something
predicated of the governing noun: der dumme Jungs, der verwundete Soldat. ..."
5. Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention by Religious Education Association (1905)
"Numbers of individual cases which have come up for decision have led to the
adoption of a rather general policy governing the subject. In the first place, ..."
6. The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, The Preservation of by Charles Darwin (1900)
"... not universal, affected by close interbreeding, removed by domestication—Laws
governing the sterility of hybrids—Sterility not a special endowment, ..."
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