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self-govern

self-govern verb: to govern autonomously, without the overseeing of another governing body.

Verb

self-govern (third-person singular simple present self-governs, present participle self-governing, simple past and past participle self-governed)

  1. To govern autonomously, without the overseeing of another governing body.
    • In recent weeks, Buffett had repeatedly expressed concerns over the future of Taiwan, the self-governed democratic island where TSMC is based.2023 May 16, Michelle Toh, “Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway sells entire stake in TSMC”, in CNN Business, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2023

Forms of self-govern

third-person singular presentself-governs
present participleself-governing
past participleself-governed
pastself-governed

Origin of self-govern

From self- + govern.

Questions about self-govern

What does self-govern mean?
Self-govern means to govern autonomously, without the overseeing of another governing body.
What part of speech is self-govern?
Self-govern is a verb.
What is the past tense of self-govern?
The past tense of self-govern is self-governed.

Words near self-govern in the dictionary

  1. self-funding
  2. self-funds
  3. self-generating
  4. self-giving
  5. self-glorious
  6. self-govern
  7. self-governance
  8. self-governed
  9. self-governing
  10. self-government
  11. self-governs

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