Collocations for "government"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "government" in context.
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government
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [democratic, communist, socialist] government
- [state, local, national] government
- a [weak, strong] government
- [an elected, a newly-elected, a coalition] government
- by the central government
- is the responsibility of the government to [provide, take, ensure]
- the [Chinese] government
- the government [of, in] [China]
- [controlled, regulated] by the government
- works for the government
- is employed by the government
- blame it on the government
- [take down, overthrow] the government
- the [policies, politics] of the government
- the [fall, decline, popularity] of the government
- [protests, demonstrations] against the government
- government and [politics, industry]
- [oligarchy, democracy, monarchy] is a form of government
- a [department, branch] of the government
- the government is [composed, made up] of
- the government's plans to [extend, reduce, cut, build]
- government [policy, services, politics]
- government [officials, workers, employees]
- a government spokesperson
- (non-) government agencies
- opposes government plans to
'government' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
American
- Belgium
- British
- China
- Chinese
- Dutch
- German
- Greek
- ID
- Irish
- Italian
- Japanese
- Lebanon
- Mexican
- Mexico
- Morocco
- OK
- Spain
- Wales
- accountability
- accountable
- accuse
- acquisition
- actor
- adjustment
- administration
- agreeable
- alert
- anger
- appeal
- appropriate
- approval
- assembly
- assessment
- assistance
- back
- backed
- backlash
- bail
- ban
- bidder
- blame
- blatant
- bloated
- bond
- caretaker
- central
- change
- church
- claim