{
    "term": "governance",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the activity of governing a country or controlling a company or an organization; the way in which a country is governed or a company or institution is controlled",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He emphasized the company's commitment to high standards of **corporate governance**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The aim is to include representatives of all ethnic groups in the governance of the new state."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government is stressing the link between aid and good governance in poor countries."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡʌvənəns/",
                "audio": "go/governance/governance__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡʌvərnəns/",
                "audio": "go/governance/governance__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French, from governer, from Latin gubernare ‘to steer, rule’, from Greek kubernan ‘to steer’."
}