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governed
1. v. simple past tense and past participle of govern
govern
1. v. To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.
2. v. To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.
Govern yourselves like civilized people.
Find the strength, courage, and discipline to govern yourself or be governed by someone else. ― Justin Deschamps
A student who could not govern his impulses.
3. v. To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.
Chance usually governs the outcome of the game.
4. v. To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.
A valve that governs fuel intake.
5. v. (intransitive) To exercise political authority; to run a government.
6. v. (intransitive) To have or exercise a determining influence.
7. v. (transitive, grammar) To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word; sometimes used synonymously with collocate.
by
1. prep. Near or next to.
The mailbox is by the bus stop.
2. prep. At some time before (the given time), or before the end of a given time interval.
Be back by ten o'clock! We will send it by the first week of July.
3. prep. Indicates the actor in a clause with its verb in the passive voice: Through the action or presence of.
The matter was decided by the chairman. The boat was swamped by the water. He was protected by his body armour.
4. prep. Indicates the creator of a work: Existing through the authorship etc. of.
There are many well-known plays by William Shakespeare
5. prep. Indicates the cause of a condition or event: Through the action of, caused by, responsibility for; by dint of.
6. prep. Indicates a means: Involving/using the means of.
I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking.
7. prep. Indicates a source of light used as illumination.
The electricity was cut off, so we had to read by candlelight.
8. prep. Indicates an authority, rule, or permission followed.
I sorted the items by category. By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife.
9. prep. Indicates the amount of some progression: With a change of.
Our stock is up by ten percent.
10. prep. In the formulae X by X and by Xs, indicates a steady progression, one X after another.
We went through the book page by page. We crawled forward by inches.
11. prep. Indicates a referenced source: According to.
He cheated by his own admission.
12. prep. Indicates an oath: With the authority of.
By Jove! I think she's got it! By all that is holy, I'll put an end to this.
13. prep. Used to separate dimensions when describing the size of something.
It is easy to invert a 2-by-2 matrix. The room was about 4 foot by 6 foot. The bricks used to build the wall measured 10 by 20 by 30 cm.
14. prep. (horse breeding) Designates a horse's male parent (sire); cf. out of.
She's a lovely little filly, by Big Lad, out of Damsel in Distress.
15. adv. Along a path which runs by the speaker.
I watched as it passed by.
16. adv. In the vicinity, near.
There was a shepherd close by.
The shop is hard by the High Street.
17. adv. To or at a place, as a residence or place of business.
I'll stop by on my way home from work.
We're right near the lifeguard station. Come by before you leave.
18. adv. Aside, away.
The women spent much time after harvest putting jams by for winter and spring.
19. adj. Out of the way, subsidiary.
20. n. (card games) A pass
21. interj. alternative spelling of bye
self
1. pron. (obsolete) Himself, herself, itself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned).
This argument was put forward by the defendant self.
2. pron. (commercial or humorous) Myself.
I made out a cheque, payable to self, which cheered me up somewhat.
3. n. The subject of one's own experience of phenomena: perception, emotions, thoughts.
4. n. An individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness (plural selves).
5. n. (botany) A seedling produced by self-pollination (plural selfs).
6. n. (molecular biology, immunology) Any molecule, cell, or tissue of an organism's own (belonging to the self), as opposed to a foreign (nonself) molecule, cell, or tissue (for example, infective, allogen
7. v. (botany) To fertilise by the same individual; to self-fertilise or self-pollinate.
8. v. (botany) To fertilise by the same strain; to inbreed.
9. adj. Having its own or a single nature or character, as in colour, composition, etc., without addition or change; unmixed.
a self bow: one made from a single piece of wood
a self flower or plant: one which is wholly of one colour
10. adj. (obsolete) Same.
11. adj. (molecular biology, immunology) Of or relating to any molecule, cell, or tissue of an organism's own (belonging to the self), as opposed to a foreign (nonself) molecule, cell, or tissue (for example
interest
1. n. (finance) The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed.
Our bank offers borrowers an annual interest of 5%.
2. n. A great attention and concern from someone or something; intellectual curiosity.
He has a lot of interest in vintage cars.
3. n. Attention that is given to or received from someone or something.
4. n. An involvement, claim, right, share, stake in or link with a financial, business, or other undertaking or endeavor.
When scientists and doctors write articles and when politicians run for office, they are required in many countries to declare any existing conflicts of interest.
I have business interests in South Africa.
5. n. Something or someone one is interested in.
Lexicography is one of my interests.
Victorian furniture is an interest of mine.
The main character's romantic interest will be played by a non-professional actor.
6. n. (obsolete, rare) Injury, or compensation for injury; damages.
7. n. (usually plural) The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively.
the iron interest; the cotton interest
8. v. To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing.
It might interest you to learn that others have already tried that approach.
Action films don't really interest me.
9. v. (obsolete, often impersonal) To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite.
10. v. (obsolete) To cause or permit to share.
often
1. adv. Frequently, many times.
I often walk to work when the weather is nice.
I've been going to the movies more often since a new theatre opened near me.
2. adj. (archaic) Frequent.
short
1. adj. Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
2. adj. (of a person) Of comparatively little height.
3. adj. Having little duration; opposite of long.
Our meeting was a short six minutes today. Every day for the past month it's been at least twenty minutes long.
4. adj. (followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
“Phone” is short for “telephone” and "asap" short for "as soon as possible".
5. adj. (cricket, of a fielder or fielding position) that is relatively close to the batsman.
6. adj. (cricket, of a ball) that bounced relatively far from the batsman.
7. adj. (golf, of an approach shot or putt) that falls short of the green or the hole.
8. adj. (of pastries and metals) Brittle, crumbly, especially due to the use of too much shortening. (See shortbread, shortcake, shortcrust.)
9. adj. Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant.
He gave a short answer to the question.
10. adj. Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
a short supply of provisions
11. adj. Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied; scantily furnished; lacking.
to be short of money
The cashier came up short ten dollars on his morning shift.
12. adj. Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
an account which is short of the truth
13. adj. (obsolete) Not distant in time; near at hand.
14. adj. Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
I'm short General Motors because I think their sales are plunging.
15. adv. Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
They had to stop short to avoid hitting the dog in the street.
He cut me short repeatedly in the meeting.
The boss got a message and cut the meeting short.
16. adv. Unawares.
The recent developments at work caught them short.
17. adv. Without achieving a goal or requirement.
His speech fell short of what was expected.
18. adv. (cricket, of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.
19. adv. (finance) With a negative ownership position.
We went short most finance companies in July.
20. n. A short circuit.
21. n. A short film.
22. n. Used to indicate a short-length version of a size
38 short suits fit me right off the rack.
Do you have that size in a short.
23. n. (baseball) A shortstop.
Jones smashes a grounder between third and short.
24. n. (finance) A short seller.
The market decline was terrible, but the shorts were buying champagne.
25. n. (finance) A short sale.
He closed out his short at a modest loss after three months.
26. n. A summary account.
27. n. (phonetics) A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
28. n. (programming) An integer variable shorter than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
29. v. To cause a short circuit in (something).
30. v. (intransitive) Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit.
31. v. To shortchange.
32. v. To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.
This is the third time I've caught them shorting us.
33. v. (transitive, business) To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.
34. v. (obsolete) To shorten.
35. prep. Deficient in.
We are short a few men on the second shift.
He's short common sense.
36. prep. (finance) Having a negative position in.
I don't want to be short the market going into the weekend.
term
1. n. Any of the binding conditions or promises in a legal contract.
Be sure to read the terms and conditions before signing.
2. n. That which limits the extent of anything; limit; extremity; bound; boundary.
3. n. (geometry, archaic) A point, line, or superficies that limits.
A line is the term of a superficies, and a superficies is the term of a solid.
4. n. A word or phrase, especially one from a specialised area of knowledge.
"Algorithm" is a term used in computer science.
5. n. Relations among people.
We are on friendly terms with each other.
6. n. Part of a year, especially one of the three parts of an academic year.
7. n. Duration of a set length; period in office of fixed length.
He was sentenced to a term of six years in prison.
near-term, mid-term and long-term goals
the term allowed to a debtor to discharge his debt
8. n. (of a patent) The maximum period during which the patent can be maintained into force.
9. n. (archaic) A menstrual period.
10. n. (mathematics) Any value (variable or constant) or expression separated from another term by a space or an appropriate character, in an overall expression or table.
All the terms of this sum cancel out.
One only term is odd nobr - in ( 12; 3; 4 ).
11. n. (logic) The subject or the predicate of a proposition; one of the three component parts of a syllogism, each one of which is used twice.
12. n. (astrology) An essential dignity in which unequal segments of every astrological sign have internal rulerships which affect the power and integrity of each planet in a natal chart.
13. n. (architecture) A quadrangular pillar, adorned on top with the figure of a head, as of a man, woman, or satyr.
14. n. (nautical) A piece of carved work placed under each end of the taffrail.
15. v. To phrase a certain way; to name or call.
16. adj. (medicine, colloquial) Born or delivered at term.
term neonate
17. n. (computing, informal) terminal (computer program that emulates a physical terminal)
18. v. To terminate one's employment
19. n. One whose employment has been terminated
self
1. pron. (obsolete) Himself, herself, itself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned).
This argument was put forward by the defendant self.
2. pron. (commercial or humorous) Myself.
I made out a cheque, payable to self, which cheered me up somewhat.
3. n. The subject of one's own experience of phenomena: perception, emotions, thoughts.
4. n. An individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness (plural selves).
5. n. (botany) A seedling produced by self-pollination (plural selfs).
6. n. (molecular biology, immunology) Any molecule, cell, or tissue of an organism's own (belonging to the self), as opposed to a foreign (nonself) molecule, cell, or tissue (for example, infective, allogen
7. v. (botany) To fertilise by the same individual; to self-fertilise or self-pollinate.
8. v. (botany) To fertilise by the same strain; to inbreed.
9. adj. Having its own or a single nature or character, as in colour, composition, etc., without addition or change; unmixed.
a self bow: one made from a single piece of wood
a self flower or plant: one which is wholly of one colour
10. adj. (obsolete) Same.
11. adj. (molecular biology, immunology) Of or relating to any molecule, cell, or tissue of an organism's own (belonging to the self), as opposed to a foreign (nonself) molecule, cell, or tissue (for example
interest
1. n. (finance) The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed.
Our bank offers borrowers an annual interest of 5%.
2. n. A great attention and concern from someone or something; intellectual curiosity.
He has a lot of interest in vintage cars.
3. n. Attention that is given to or received from someone or something.
4. n. An involvement, claim, right, share, stake in or link with a financial, business, or other undertaking or endeavor.
When scientists and doctors write articles and when politicians run for office, they are required in many countries to declare any existing conflicts of interest.
I have business interests in South Africa.
5. n. Something or someone one is interested in.
Lexicography is one of my interests.
Victorian furniture is an interest of mine.
The main character's romantic interest will be played by a non-professional actor.
6. n. (obsolete, rare) Injury, or compensation for injury; damages.
7. n. (usually plural) The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively.
the iron interest; the cotton interest
8. v. To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing.
It might interest you to learn that others have already tried that approach.
Action films don't really interest me.
9. v. (obsolete, often impersonal) To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite.
10. v. (obsolete) To cause or permit to share.

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