how to pronounce governed

/ˈɡʌvɚnd/

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governed is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of governed in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… consent of the governed is alive only in …”

meanings of governed

verb:

Simple past tense and past participle of govern.

governed frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word governed occurs in english on average 3.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics governed can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that governed can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;