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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɡʌvənəns/ [UK], /ˈɡʌvəɹnəns/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-governance.wav [US] Forms: governances [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English governaunce, from Old French gouvernance, governance. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|governaunce}} Middle English governaunce, {{der|en|fro|gouvernance}} Old French gouvernance, {{m|fro|governance}} governance Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} governance (countable and uncountable, plural governances)
  1. The process, or the power, of governing; government or administration. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (administration, esp. over a country): administration, government, management, statism [obsolete] Translations (the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring): управление (upravlenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), governança [feminine] (Catalan), správa (věcí veřejných) [feminine] (Czech), vládnutí [neuter] (Czech), hallinto (Finnish), hallitseminen (Finnish), johto (Finnish), johtaminen (Finnish), gouvernance [feminine] (French), gobernanza [feminine] (Galician), Regieren [neuter] (German), Regierungsgewalt [feminine] (German), Regierungsführung [feminine] (German), Führung [feminine] (German), Staatsführung [feminine] (German), Herrschen [neuter] (German), Herrschaft [feminine] (German), Regentschaft [feminine] (German), Lenkung [feminine] (German), Staatslenkung [feminine] (German), kormányzás (Hungarian), irányítás (Hungarian), vezetés (Hungarian), pemerintahan (Indonesian), tata kelola (Indonesian), governo [masculine] (Italian), amministrazione [feminine] (Italian), владеење (vladeenje) [neuter] (Macedonian), governans (Malay), ഭരണനിർവ്വഹണം (bharaṇaniṟvvahaṇaṁ) (Malayalam), ഭരണം (bharaṇaṁ) (Malayalam), mana whakahaere (Maori), governaunce (Middle English), засаг (zasag) (Mongolian), governança [feminine] (Portuguese), guvernare [feminine] (Romanian), управле́ние (upravlénije) [neuter] (Russian), upravljanje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), guverniranje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), riadenie (Slovak), vedenie (Slovak), smerovanie (Slovak), gobernanza [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-governance-en-noun-3OvG7i7h Disambiguation of 'administration, esp. over a country': 56 4 17 16 7 Disambiguation of 'the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring': 86 1 4 5 3
  2. The specific system by which a political system is ruled. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the specific system by which a political system is ruled): режим (režim) [masculine] (Bulgarian), hallintojärjestelmä (Finnish), hallinto (Finnish), Regierungsform [feminine] (German), Führungsstruktur [feminine] (German), governo [masculine] (Italian), управле́ние (upravlénije) [neuter] (Russian), režim [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-governance-en-noun-aYZwai0p Disambiguation of 'the specific system by which a political system is ruled': 1 95 1 1 2
  3. The group of people who make up an administrative body. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the group of people who make up an administrative body): ръководство (rǎkovodstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), hallinto (Finnish), johto (Finnish), direction [feminine] (French), Führung [feminine] (German), Staatsführung [feminine] (German), amministrazione [feminine] (Italian), ഭരണകൂടം (bharaṇakūṭaṁ) (Malayalam), руково́дство (rukovódstvo) [neuter] (Russian), uprava [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), rukovodstvo [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-governance-en-noun-dQLTNp7d Disambiguation of 'the group of people who make up an administrative body': 2 1 93 2 1
  4. The state of being governed. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the state of being governed): hallittuus (Finnish), gestione (Italian)
    Sense id: en-governance-en-noun-6N4xVjzh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 3 15 54 5 Disambiguation of 'the state of being governed': 3 1 2 93 1
  5. (management) Accountability for consistent, cohesive policies, processes and decision rights. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Management
    Sense id: en-governance-en-noun-2cRpc4ow Topics: management
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gouvernance, gouvernaunce, governaunce [obsolete] Hyponyms: corporate governance, data governance, open governance Derived forms: e-governance, global governance, malgovernance, metagovernance, misgovernance, self-governance

Noun [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|noun}} governance
  1. Alternative form of governaunce Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: governaunce
    Sense id: en-governance-enm-noun-PrTHmlCZ Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header

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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "vladeenje",
          "sense": "the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "владеење"
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          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring",
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          "_dis1": "86 1 4 5 3",
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          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "bharaṇaniṟvvahaṇaṁ",
          "sense": "the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring",
          "word": "ഭരണനിർവ്വഹണം"
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          "roman": "bharaṇaṁ",
          "sense": "the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring",
          "word": "ഭരണം"
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          "_dis1": "86 1 4 5 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring",
          "word": "mana whakahaere"
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          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring",
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          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "zasag",
          "sense": "the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring",
          "word": "засаг"
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          "sense": "the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "governança"
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring",
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          "roman": "upravlénije",
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          "word": "управле́ние"
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          "sense": "the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring",
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          "sense": "the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring",
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          "word": "guverniranje"
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          "sense": "the process, or the power, of governing; government or administration; control and monitoring",
          "word": "riadenie"
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          "word": "smerovanie"
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          "word": "hallintojärjestelmä"
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          "sense": "the specific system by which a political system is ruled",
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          "word": "Regierungsform"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the specific system by which a political system is ruled",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "governo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "upravlénije",
      "sense": "the specific system by which a political system is ruled",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "управле́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the specific system by which a political system is ruled",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "režim"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "rǎkovodstvo",
      "sense": "the group of people who make up an administrative body",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ръководство"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the group of people who make up an administrative body",
      "word": "hallinto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the group of people who make up an administrative body",
      "word": "johto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the group of people who make up an administrative body",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "direction"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the group of people who make up an administrative body",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Führung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the group of people who make up an administrative body",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Staatsführung"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the group of people who make up an administrative body",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "amministrazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "bharaṇakūṭaṁ",
      "sense": "the group of people who make up an administrative body",
      "word": "ഭരണകൂടം"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rukovódstvo",
      "sense": "the group of people who make up an administrative body",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "руково́дство"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the group of people who make up an administrative body",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "uprava"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the group of people who make up an administrative body",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "rukovodstvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the state of being governed",
      "word": "hallittuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the state of being governed",
      "word": "gestione"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "governance"
  ],
  "word": "governance"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "governance",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "governaunce"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of governaunce"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "governaunce",
          "governaunce#Middle English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "governance"
}

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