governmental B2 Topic:Verbs of Movement US /ˌɡʌvɚnˈmɛnt(ə)l/ UK /ˌɡʌv(ə)nˈmɛnt(ə)l/ See IPA manual Freq #30365 Meanings 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 Common collocations governmental policy Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From government + -al. Topics Verbs of Movement External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # governmental **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˌɡʌvɚnˈmɛnt(ə)l/ **IPA (UK):** /ˌɡʌv(ə)nˈmɛnt(ə)l/ **Frequency rank:** 30365 ## Meanings 1. Relating to a government or to the way a country is run. ## Examples - The new rules came from a governmental agency. ## Antonyms - non-governmental ## Derived Forms - antigovernmental - countergovernmental - extragovernmental - governmentalese - governmentalism - governmentalist - governmentality - governmentalization - governmentalize - governmentally - intergovernmental - intragovernmental ## Etymology From government + -al. ## AI Etymology Governmental comes from government + -al. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern adjectival form is built from the named base and affix. In current use, the main sense is “Relating to a government or to the way a country is run”. ## Topics - Verbs of Movement markdown