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English word

government

A2Frequent NGSL-1
UK /ˈɡʌvənmənt/US /ˈɡʌvərnmənt/
noun

the group of people who are responsible for controlling a country or a state

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I would like to thank my nurses, doctors, and the staff of the hospitals in Pakistan and the UK, and the UAE government who have helped me to get better and recover

Malala Yousafzai's Speech at the United Nations Youth Assembly (2013)

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So in college, I was a government major, which means I had to write a lot of papers.

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Many of my co-workers were ex-political prisoners, people who had been displaced from their homes or fled into exile because they had the temerity to speak against their governments.

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