- government
- noun1 people in control of a countryADJECTIVE▪ central, federal, local, national, provincial, regional, state▪ Conservative, Democratic, Labour, Republican, etc.▪
the country's new Communist government
▪ left-wing, right-wing▪ coalition▪ minority▪The socialists won 42% of the seats and formed a minority government.
▪ caretaker, interim, provisional, transitional▪The president dissolved the assembly and swore in an interim government.
▪ military▪ puppet▪ foreign▪ French, Western, etc.▪The report on world poverty calls for urgent action from Western governments.
▪ current, future, newVERB + GOVERNMENT▪ elect▪The present government was elected last year.
▪ establish, form▪A new government was formed in September of that year.
▪ install▪A puppet government was installed as the occupying forces withdrew.
▪ swear in▪ head, run▪a new government headed by a former military leader
▪ bring down, destabilize, oust, overthrow, topple▪This crisis could bring down the British government.
▪The group aims to overthrow the military government.
▪ supportGOVERNMENT + VERB▪ come to power▪ take office▪On May 23 a coalition government took office.
▪ fall, resign▪a national emergency that could cause the government to fall
▪ announce sth▪The government announced the cancellation of the dam project.
▪ introduce sth, launch sthGOVERNMENT + NOUN▪ agency, body, department▪ building, offices▪ funds, money▪ aid, assistance, backing, funding, grant, subsidy, support▪ expenditure, spending▪ cuts▪The hospital has been hit by government cuts.
▪ control, regulation▪ intervention, involvement▪calls for government intervention in the dispute
▪ employee, minister, official, representative, spokesman, spokesperson▪ sources▪According to government sources, two people died in the incident.
▪ figures, statistics▪ post▪ reshuffle (esp. BrE)▪The former minister was relieved of his post in last month's extensive government reshuffle.
▪ decisions, legislation, measures, plans, policy, programme/program, proposals▪ service▪ report▪ propagandaPREPOSITION▪ in government▪a problem facing whichever party is in government
▪ under a/the government▪measures that were introduced under the last government
PHRASES▪ a change in government, a change of government▪It is time we had a change of government.
▪ the government of the day▪This was a decision taken by the government of the day.
▪ a member of a government▪The president has been meeting members of the French government.
2 act of governingADJECTIVE▪ democratic, representative▪ firm (esp. BrE), good, strong▪We need strong government to take the country through this crisis.
▪ weak▪ big, small▪The era of big government may be over.
▪We believe in low taxation and small government.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
