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How to pronounce “govern”

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Pronunciation guide for govern

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of govern with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: The COVID-19 crisis is a chance to do capitalism differentlybusiness structures corporate governance
Definition summary: (transitive) To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.

Example 1 of 8

The COVID-19 crisis is a chance to do capitalism differently

business structures corporate governance

[Verb]
(transitive) To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.
(intransitive) To exercise political authority; to run a government.
(transitive) To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.
(transitive) To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.
(intransitive) To have or exercise a determining influence.
(transitive, obsolete) To handle, to manage, to oversee (a matter, an affair, a household, etc.).
(transitive) To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.
(transitive, obsolete) To direct the course of, to guide in some direction, to steer.
(transitive, obsolete) To look after, to take care of, to tend to (someone or some plant).
(transitive, obsolete) To manage, to control, to work (a tool or mechanical device).
(transitive, grammar) To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word.
[Noun]
The act of governing