governing

verb

1. 1

   To make and administer the public policy and affairs of; to exercise sovereign authority in.

   “The old king governed the land wisely.”

2. 2

   To control the actions or behavior of; to keep under control; to restrain.

   “Govern yourselves like civilized people.”

3. 3

   To exercise a deciding or determining influence on.

   “Chance governs the outcome of many card games.”

4. 4

   To control the speed, flow etc. of; to regulate.

   “a valve that governs fuel intake”

5. 5

   To exercise political authority; to run a government.

6. 6

   To have or exercise a determining influence.

7. 7

   (grammar) To require that a certain preposition, grammatical case, etc. be used with a word; sometimes used synonymously with collocate.