government

The system we use to run a country, state, or city and the people who work for it.

Word Structure

uh = but, from; er = word, girl; ə = about, suppose

10 Letters

3 Syllables: gov•ern•ment

2 Morphemes: govern•ment

9 Phonemes

Vowels: uh, er, ə

Local Voices

Sentence Examples

Governments pass laws.

The U.S. has a democratic government.

Some countries change their government type.

Government covers a lot.It's how we make collective decisions in the political world for decisions that are binding all on all of us. So you can have a city government, state government, a national government, but government is really the process that we use to make collective decisions that bind everyone in the community.

Semantic Relatives

Authority

Federal

Law

Local

Rule

State