how to pronounce govern

/ˈɡʌv.ən/

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govern is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of govern in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… that the rules that govern the way that …”

meaning of govern

Govern means to exercise control over.

govern frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word govern occurs in english on average 5.8 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 govern 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 govern can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) people, society, and culture;