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

Textbook

Part of Read American Democracy by Attainment