governance

C1 Topic:Places & Geography

US /ˈɡʌvəɹnəns/ UK /ˈɡʌvənəns/ See IPA manual

Freq #34184

Meanings

1

noun
The way in which an organization or country is managed and controlled.

Good governance requires honest and transparent leaders.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the way in which an... administration government management

Word family

Derived forms co-governancecogovernancecybergovernancee-governancemalgovernancemetagovernancemisgovernanceself-governance

Related forms cybernetics

Etymology

From Middle English governaunce, from Old French gouvernance, governance, equivalent to govern + -ance.

governaunce Middle English gouvernance Old French

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Places & Geography

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# governance

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈɡʌvəɹnəns/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɡʌvənəns/
**Frequency rank:** 34184

## Meanings
1. The way in which an organization or country is managed and controlled.

## Examples
- Good governance requires honest and transparent leaders.

## Derived Forms
- co-governance
- cogovernance
- cybergovernance
- e-governance
- malgovernance
- metagovernance
- misgovernance
- self-governance

## Related Forms
- cybernetics

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: governaunce
- Root: gouvernance

## Etymology
From Middle English governaunce, from Old French gouvernance, governance, equivalent to govern + -ance.

## AI Etymology
Governance comes from Middle English governaunce, from Old French gouvernance, governance, equivalent to govern + -ance. The historical chain includes governaunce (Middle English) and gouvernance (Old French). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as co-governance, cogovernance, cybergovernance, and e-governance and related forms such as cybernetics. In present use it covers the way in which an organization or country is managed and controlled.

## Topics
- Places & Geography

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