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# governed

verb form (govern, governs, governed, governing); adjective (governed)

«governed» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Governed is the past of govern: ruled or controlled. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governed/#m1)
2. The governed are the people who are ruled. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governed/#m2)

### In the lessons

Citizenship and history (a country governed by a king), science (motion governed by laws), rules of games.

### Examples

- The island was governed by Britain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governed/#x1)
- The game is governed by strict rules. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governed/#x2)
- The planets' paths are governed by gravity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governed/#x3)
- Democracy needs the consent of the governed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governed/#x4)
- The school is governed by a board. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governed/#x5)
- He governed his temper well. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governed/#x6)
- Long, long ago, in old Japan, the Kingdom of the Sea was governed by a wonderful King. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governed/#x7)

### Note

Past and past participle: governed. «The governed» (noun) = the people ruled.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «governed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/governed/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«governed» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/governed.html) on Mova free.