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governed meaning

EN[ˈɡəvɚnd]
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    Definition of governed in English Dictionary

  • VerbBFgovernSGgovernsPRgoverning
    1. simple past tense and past participle of govern.
    2. More Examples
      1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
        • And yet, certain unarguables remain: one's first response to an event is rarely one's most mature or reasonable, and yet this is the response that governs any spontaneous outpouring.
        • The essay is governed by a kind of primitive historicism that single-mindedly and even simple-mindedly strives to identify Hamlet with James.
        • MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been implicated in governing lineage specification and differentiation in multiple organs; however, little is known about their specific roles in mammopoiesis.
    • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
      1. Verbs
        • Verb forms
          • Participles
            • Past participles
            • Verb simple past forms

        Other Vocabulary

        Look-Alike Words
        1. en governee
        2. en governer
        3. en covered
        4. en governor
        5. en governess
        Source: Wiktionary

        Meaning of governed for the defined word.

        Grammatically, this word "governed" is a verb, more specifically, a verb form.
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