Meaning & use
governed
Ruled, controlled, or administered, especially in reference to a country, organization, or process by laws or rules.
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The colony was governed by a council appointed directly by the distant monarchy.
Her decisions were governed entirely by a strict sense of professional ethics.
A note on using this word
Governed often takes 'by', showing what authority or principle controls the subject, as in 'governed by law' or 'governed by fear'.
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