US GOVERNMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does US Government mean? 

• US GOVERNMENT (noun)
  The noun US GOVERNMENT has 1 sense:

1. the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States

  Familiarity information: US GOVERNMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• US GOVERNMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

U.S.; U.S. government; United States; United States government; US Government

Hypernyms ("US Government" is a kind of...):

federal government (a government with strong central powers)

Meronyms (members of "US Government"):

executive branch; Executive Office of the President (the branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws)

legislative branch (the branch of the United States government that has the power of legislating)

judicial branch (the branch of the United States government responsible for the administration of justice)

 Context examples 

The EPA is the US Government's watchdog agency responsible for controlling the pollution of air and water, pesticides, radiation hazards and noise pollution.

(Environmental Protection Agency, NCI Thesaurus)