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government
[ guhv-ern-muhnt, âer-muhnt ]
/ ËgÊv Érn mÉnt, âÉr mÉnt /
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Origin of government
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Normal phonological processes are reflected in a variety of pronunciations for government. Most commonly, the first [n] /n/ of [guhv-ern-muhnt] /ËgÊv Érn mÉnt/ assimilates to the immediately following [m], /m/, with the resulting identical nasal sounds coalescing to give the pronunciation [guhv-er-muhnt]. /ËgÊv Ér mÉnt/. This pronunciation is considered standard and occurs throughout the U.S. For speakers in regions where postvocalic [r] /r/ is regularly lost, as along the Eastern Seaboard and in the South, the resulting pronunciation is [guhv-uh-muhnt] /ËgÊv É mÉnt/ or, with loss of the medial unstressed vowel, [guhv-muhnt]. /ËgÊv mÉnt/. Further assimilation, in which the labiodental [v], /v/, in anticipation of the bilabial quality of the following [m], /m/, becomes the bilabial stop [b], /b/, leads in the South Midland and Southern U.S. to the pronunciation [guhb-muhnt]. /ËgÊb mÉnt/. See isn't.
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British Dictionary definitions for government
government
/ (ËÉĄÊvÉnmÉnt, ËÉĄÊvÉmÉnt) /
noun
the exercise of political authority over the actions, affairs, etc, of a political unit, people, etc, as well as the performance of certain functions for this unit or body; the action of governing; political rule and administration
the system or form by which a community, etc, is ruledtyrannical government
- the executive policy-making body of a political unit, community, etc; ministry or administrationyesterday we got a new government
- (capital when of a specific country)the British Government
- the state and its administrationblame it on the government
- (as modifier)a government agency
regulation; direction
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Derived forms of government
governmental (ËÉĄÊvÉnËmÉntÉl, ËÉĄÊvÉËmÉntÉl), adjectivegovernmentally, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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