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self-governed

self-governed is the simple past and past participle of self-govern.

Meaning of self-govern

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

Questions about self-governed

What is self-governed the simple past and past participle of?
Self-governed is the simple past and past participle of self-govern.

Words near self-governed in the dictionary

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

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