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# A '''reign''' is an entire [[w:dynasty|dynasty]]'s time ruling. A '''reign''' usually ends when the person has [[die]]d, [[resign]]ed, or the country has been [[conquer]]ed. | # A '''reign''' is an entire [[w:dynasty|dynasty]]'s time ruling. A '''reign''' usually ends when the person has [[die]]d, [[resign]]ed, or the country has been [[conquer]]ed. | ||
#:''His '''reign''' lasted 40 years until the Mongolians conquered his country.'' | #:''His '''reign''' lasted 40 years until the Mongolians conquered his country.'' | ||
===Authority=== | |||
====Noun==== | |||
{{noun|authority|authorities}} | |||
#{{uncountable}} To have '''authority''' means to have the power to make a decision. | |||
#: ''This judge has the '''authority''' to throw you in jail.'' | |||
#{{countable}} If you are an '''authority''' on something, many people think you know very, very much about it. | |||
#: ''The Pope is the highest '''authority''' in the Catholic church.'' | |||
Revision as of 21:51, 21 January 2016
Hausa
mulki noun m
- gudanar da harkokin kukuma kan jama'a.
- Nijeriya ta sami mulkin kai a shekarar 1960. <> Nigeria got her independence in the year 1960.
Daidai ga wannan
English
Govern (v)
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Plain form (yanzu) |
3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) |
Past tense (ya wuce) |
Past participle (ya wuce) |
Present participle (ana cikin yi) |
- The country is currently governed by the army.
Related words
- government <> gwamnati
- coup <> juyin mulki
Rule
Noun
- A king's rule is the time he controls the country. (synonyms reign)
- The next king had a very short rule: only two years.
Verb
|
Plain form (yanzu) |
3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) |
Past tense (ya wuce) |
Past participle (ya wuce) |
Present participle (ana cikin yi) |
- When someone rules, he or she is in charge, like a king or queen. (synonyms: control, govern, reign, power, dominion; antonyms: serve)
- The king ruled for 33 years.
Reign
Homophones
Verb
|
Plain form (yanzu) |
3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) |
Past tense (ya wuce) |
Past participle (ya wuce) |
Present participle (ana cikin yi) |
- If you reign you rule or lead a country. Usually, this means you are a king or queen (not someone elected).
- He reigned over in England long ago.
- Pope John Paul I reigned for 33 days in 1978 -- "Obituaries: The Smiling Pope," New York Times. November 6, 1978
Noun
- A reign is the period of time in which a person rules as monarch of a state or nation.
- Queen Victoria's reign over Great Britain lasted from 1837 to 1901.
- A reign is an entire dynasty's time ruling. A reign usually ends when the person has died, resigned, or the country has been conquered.
- His reign lasted 40 years until the Mongolians conquered his country.
Authority
Noun
- (uncountable) To have authority means to have the power to make a decision.
- This judge has the authority to throw you in jail.
- (countable) If you are an authority on something, many people think you know very, very much about it.
- The Pope is the highest authority in the Catholic church.