governmental

B2 Topic:Verbs of Movement
US /ˌɡʌvɚnˈmɛnt(ə)l/ UK /ˌɡʌv(ə)nˈmɛnt(ə)l/
adj Freq #30365

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Relating to a government or to the way a country is run.

    The new rules came from a governmental agency.

Thesaurus

Opposites
non-governmental
Word family
Derived forms antigovernmentalcountergovernmentalextragovernmentalgovernmentalesegovernmentalismgovernmentalistgovernmentalitygovernmentalizationgovernmentalizegovernmentallyintergovernmentalintragovernmental

Etymology

From government + -al.

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