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Main Entry:	govern [guhv-ern] Show IPA/ˈgʌvərn/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	take control; rule
Synonyms:	administer, assume command, be in power, be in the driver's seat, call the shots, call the signals, captain*, carry out, command, conduct, control, dictate, direct, execute, exercise authority, guide, head, head up, hold dominion, hold office, hold sway, lay down the law, lead, manage, occupy throne, order, overrule, oversee, pilot, pull the strings, regulate, reign, render, run, serve the people, steer, superintend, supervise, sway, tyrannize, wear the crown
Antonyms:	agree, comply, obey, surrender, yield

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	administer
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	manage an organization or effort
Synonyms:	administrate, be in the driver's seat, be in the saddle, boss, carry out, conduct, control, crack the whip, direct, execute, govern*, head, head up, hold the reins, oversee, pull the strings, pull the wires, render, ride herd on, run, run the show, sit on top of, superintend, supervise
Antonyms:	forego, mismanage, neglect

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	bridle
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	check, hold back
Synonyms:	constrain, control, curb, govern, inhibit, keep in check, master, moderate, repress, restrain, rule, subdue, suppress, withhold
Notes:	bridal relates to a bride or a marriage ceremony while a bridle is a harness
Antonyms:	let go, release, set free

Example Sentences

WE govern our democracy either by leadership or by crisis.

He has long urged fraternity leaders to follow their own rules, especially those that govern recruitment.

Ocean currents govern the world's weather and churn a kaleidoscope of life.

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WE govern our democracy either by leadership or by crisis.

He has long urged fraternity leaders to follow their own rules, especially those that govern recruitment.

Ocean currents govern the world's weather and churn a kaleidoscope of life.

Scientific or natural laws govern the physical, but they are not physical.

There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern.

Of course, it's one thing to win a revolution, and quite another to govern its consequences.

Senate career also may hold clues about how he would govern.

Two major plasma flows govern the cycle, the researchers said.

Self-serving impulses and moral considerations often act as two opposing forces that govern our everyday behavior.

Iraqi political leaders remain unable to govern effectively.

But there are some basic principles that should govern your thinking when it comes to managing campus crises.

The study could also help researchers identify genes that govern behavioral traits, such as aggressiveness or kindness.

They cannot, however, distinguish among various microscopic mechanisms that may govern the material's behavior.

The rules that govern this complex process present one of the toughest problems biologists are trying to decipher.

The guidelines at issue govern faculty members in the.

He adds that the finding of red's advantage might have implications for regulations that govern sporting attire.

The frontal and temporal lobes, which govern speech-no dedicated writing center is hardwired in the brain-may also figure in.

It's a technique for uncovering the hidden rules that govern the world.

Examines tensions created by both parties' duty to both campaign and govern.

Those factors govern when the snow melts and therefore when the ramps grow.

European nations' ability to govern themselves and determine their own destiny is as endangered as the hamster is.

There are many ethical and legal rules and codes that govern searches.

The study of sentence structure and the rules that govern how words are combined to make grammatically acceptable sentences.

The legislation would also set up strict ethical guidelines to govern research.

He is now trying to tease out how these peatlands help govern the mix of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

Let scientific temper govern the social aspirations of science and benefit humanity in its total development.

Because leatherback turtles are endangered, strict regulations govern when and how they may be photographed.

Some autocrats govern wisely and in the best interests of the people.

Our government was set up with the notion that each state could self govern.

The mathematics of exponential growth govern the prediction of population growth.

Your theory that mortality rates govern birth rates is obsolete.

Federal officials need to rewrite the decades-old rules that govern how long pilots can fly before they rest.

Only thus, they say, can he redeem his campaign promises to transcend party and govern solely in the national interest.

Many municipalities have regulations that govern residents' use of grey water, but.

Social psychology has determined the basic principles that govern getting to.

Development of the system began amid a fight over the fairness of geographic boundaries that govern the distribution of organs.

Pheromones are the mysterious fragrances that govern the primal urge to court and mate in creatures from moths to mice.

Of course, the devious fates that govern the lives of literary scholars had other ideas.

Further research will be needed to see how the risk and social-contract modules that govern psychopathy are actually controlled.

After a traumatic injury, neurons that govern memory can regenerate.

Understanding the forces that govern the mayonnaise droplet may help scientists design new microfluidic systems.

Special rules govern the taxation of capital gains, often enabling individuals to pay lower taxes than on ordinary income.

Most of us are aware of ethical guidelines and legal rules that govern the search process, but that's about.

UK lays out first framework to govern ethically sensitive research field.

Currently, laws that govern transportation in this country are determined by individual states.

HP's shared values are a set of deeply held beliefs that govern and guide our behavior.

And he makes an effort to govern openly, publicly apologizing when a recent construction project ran behind schedule.

Their goal wasn't to govern states but to destabilize them.

And there are about five more rules that govern the thief's movement that players must remember.

Domestic exchange was subject to many of the rules which govern foreign exchange.

Fear becomes abnormal when it continues to govern actions in the absence of objective danger.

When you bend the law of physics, the rules that govern flight will remind you that no one is permitted an exception.

Good intentions here obviously… but little understanding of the factors that govern this poverty….

It will amplify the basic dynamics that govern rainfall:.

Thereby discounting the actual laws of probability that govern their alleged luck.

Compared to laws likely to govern the brain or genome, the laws of motion discovered by the program are extremely simple.

In none of these contests was the victor's right to govern seriously challenged.

The triggers and clutches that govern a spring system will be what wear out.

The equations that govern fluid flow come from conservation relations.

We also have the power to govern our actions, to maintain the stability of the systems that keep us alive.

The entire world over, men want to govern without women and prevent women from advancing.

The figures govern the actions of the telescopes, which can.

Some features that govern the way water crystallizes play important roles in the spike-formation process.

Again, people who do not understand technology are trying to govern it.

Yet the same laws of physics govern the resulting speed, spin and angle for each type of surface.

The whole concept of allowing one person to govern us shouldn't make sense anymore.

There is an ongoing conversation about how to govern these technologies.

The problem is that the government won't govern themselves.

Our findings suggest a number of things about the organizing principles that govern the encoding of memory.

California should first demonstrate that it can actually govern itself before trying to set an example for anyone else.

There is simply no way to govern how people raise their children, nor should there.

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Main Entry:	command
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	rule, have power
Synonyms:	administer, boss, charge, check, coach, coerce, compel, conduct, conquer, constrain, control, curb, determine, dictate, direct, dominate, domineer, exact, exercise power, force, govern, guide, have authority, head, hinder, hold office, influence, lead, manage, officiate, oppress, overbear, override, predominate, prescribe, preside over, prevail, push, regulate, reign, reign over, repress, restrain, run, stop, subdue, superintend, supervise, sway, take over, tyrannize, wield
Antonyms:	follow

Main Entry:	conduct
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	administer
Synonyms:	accompany, attend, call the tune, carry on, chair, chaperon, control, convey, direct, engineer, escort, govern*, guide, handle, head, keep, lead, manage, operate, ordain, order, organize, oversee, pilot, preside over, regulate, ride herd on, rule, run, run things, shepherd, steer, supervise, trailblaze, usher, wield baton

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	control
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	have charge of
Synonyms:	administer, administrate, advise, be in saddle, boss, bully, call, call the signals, command, conduct, deal with, direct, discipline, dominate, domineer, govern, guide, handle, head, head up, hold purse strings, hold sway over, hold the reins, instruct, lead, manage, manipulate, overlook, oversee, pilot, predominate, push buttons, quarterback, regiment, regulate, reign over, rule, run the show, run things, run*, steer, subject, subjugate, superintend, supervise
Antonyms:	abandon, forsake, give up, let go, relinquish, renounce, resign

* = informal/non-formal usage

Main Entry:	dictate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	command; give instructions
Synonyms:	bid, bulldoze, call the play, call the shots, call the tune, charge, control, decree, direct, enjoin, govern, guide, impose, instruct, lay down, lay down the law, lead, manage, ordain, order, prescribe, pronounce, put foot down, read the riot act, regiment, rule, set, take the reins, walk heavy
Antonyms:	ask, implore, request

Main Entry:	direct
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	manage, oversee
Synonyms:	administer, advise, be in the driver's seat, boss, call the shots, carry on, conduct, control, control the affairs of, dispose, dominate, govern, guide, handle, have the say, head up, influence, keep, lead, operate, ordain, preside over, quarterback, regulate, rule, run, run the show, run things, shepherd, superintend, supervise, take the reins
Antonyms:	misguide, mismanage, neglect

Main Entry:	dispose
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	place, order; deal with
Synonyms:	actuate, adapt, adjust, arrange, array, bend, bias, call the tune, condition, determine, distribute, fix, govern, group, incline, induce, influence, lay down the law, lead, locate, make willing, marshal, methodize, motivate, move, organize, predispose, prepare, promote, prompt, put, put one's foot down, put to rights, range, rank, read the riot act, regulate, ride herd on, set, set in order, settle, shepherd, stand, sway, systematize, tailor, tempt
Antonyms:	disarrange, disorder, displace, disturb, mismanage

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