{
    "term": "government",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the group of people who are responsible for controlling a country or a state",
            "labels": "(especially North American English)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **lead/form a government**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has resigned from the Government."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Government has/have been considering further tax cuts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government announced further austerity measures."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This legislation was passed under the last Conservative government."
                },
                {
                    "text": "EU **national governments**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the Nebraska **state government**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Ontario's new **provincial government**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The country still has an **interim government**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the governments of many European countries"
                },
                {
                    "text": "This was a decision taken by the **government of the day**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the three **branches of** the US **government**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Foreign governments have been consulted about this decision."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**government officials/ministers/employees**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **government spokesman**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **government department/agency**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**government policies/regulations**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**government spending/funding**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A new government was formed in September of that year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A puppet government was installed as the occupying forces withdrew."
                },
                {
                    "text": "According to government sources, two people died in the incident."
                },
                {
                    "text": "On May 23 a coalition government took office."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The former minister was relieved of his post in last month's extensive government reshuffle."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government announced the cancellation of the dam project."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The group aims to overthrow the military government."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The hospital has been hit by government cuts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The present government was elected last year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The president dissolved the assembly and swore in an interim government."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The president has been meeting members of the French government."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The report on world poverty calls for urgent action from Western governments."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The socialists won 42% of the seats and formed a minority government."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This crisis could bring down the British government."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a national emergency that could cause the government to fall"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a new government headed by a former military leader"
                },
                {
                    "text": "calls for government intervention in the dispute"
                },
                {
                    "text": "measures that were introduced under the last government"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the country's new Communist government"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Similar measures are being considered by the governments of El Salvador and Panama."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Prime Minister was keen to emphasize his government's commitment to the agreement."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government has been considering further tax cuts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The interests of the state should not be confused with the interests of the government of the day."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are bound to be cuts in government expenditure."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is time we had a change of government."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Politics"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["central", "federal", "local"],
                "verb + government": ["elect", "establish", "form"],
                "government + verb": ["come to power", "take office", "fall"],
                "government + noun": ["agency", "body", "department"],
                "preposition": ["in government", "under a/​the government"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a change in government",
                    "a change of government",
                    "the government of the day"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a particular system or method of controlling a country",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Democratic government has now replaced military rule."
                },
                {
                    "text": "communist/totalitarian government"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a federal **system of government**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The law empowers federal government to set standards which apply to all states."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We believe in low taxation and small government."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["central", "federal", "local"],
                "verb + government": ["elect", "establish", "form"],
                "government + verb": ["come to power", "take office", "fall"],
                "government + noun": ["agency", "body", "department"],
                "preposition": ["in government", "under a/​the government"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a change in government",
                    "a change of government",
                    "the government of the day"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the activity or the manner of controlling a country",
            "sensetop": "in government",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We need strong government to take the country through this crisis."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The army retained a strong role in the government of the country."
                },
                {
                    "text": "At that time the Democrats were in government.",
                    "contextForm": "in government"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The two men got into a heated debate about the government of the disputed province."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a problem facing whichever party is in government"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Nationalists had been in government for most of the 1980s."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Politics"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["democratic", "representative", "firm"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡʌvənmənt/",
                "audio": "go/government/government__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈɡʌvərnmənt/",
                "audio": "go/government/government__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French governement, from governer, from Latin gubernare ‘to steer, rule’, from Greek kubernan ‘to steer’."
}