eGovernment

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noun

The use of information technologies in order to enhance the access to and the delivery of government information and services to the public and to improve the effectiveness, efficiency and/or the quality of government operations.

Less commonScrabble 17

Meanings

nouneGovernment (countable and uncountable, plural eGovernments)

plural eGovernments · alternative e-government · alternative e-Government

  1. countableuncountableThe use of information technologies in order to enhance the access to and the delivery of government information and services to the public and to improve the effectiveness, efficiency and/or the quality of government operations.
    1 more example

    A decade after some of the first government Web sites went live, the quality of eGoverment^([sic]) in Europe varies greatly, experts say, with some countries, like Sweden and Denmark, already providing many services to citizens and businesses online, while others, especially in southeastern Europe, are still creating Internet portals.

    2008 January 18, “EU tries to get its members together online”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
  2. Latinēlectrum
  3. New Latinēlectricus
  4. Englishelectric
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ey-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éyti
  7. Proto-Hellenic*éimi
  8. Ancient Greekἰόν (ión)
  9. Englishion
  10. Englishelectron
  11. Englishelectronic
  12. Englishe-
  13. Ancient Greekκυβερνάω (kubernáō)
  14. Latingubernāre
  15. Old Frenchgoverner
  16. Old Frenchgovernement
  17. Middle Englishgovernement
  18. EnglishGovernment
  19. EnglisheGovernment

From e- + Government.

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Translations

Catalan govern electrònic
  • govern electrònicuse of information technologies in government
Dutch e-government, e-overheid
  • e-governmentuse of information technologies in government
  • e-overheiduse of information technologies in government
Estonian e-riik
  • e-riikuse of information technologies in government
Finnish e-hallinto
  • e-hallintouse of information technologies in government
French administration électronique
  • administration électroniqueuse of information technologies in government
German E-Government
  • E-Governmentuse of information technologies in government
Italian amministrazione digitale, governo elettronico
  • amministrazione digitaleuse of information technologies in government
  • governo elettronicouse of information technologies in government
Portuguese governo eletrônico
  • governo eletrônicouse of information technologies in government
Spanish gobierno electrónico, e-gobierno
  • gobierno electrónicouse of information technologies in government
  • e-gobiernouse of information technologies in government
Cite this entry
APA

eGovernment. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eGovernment

MLA

“eGovernment.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eGovernment. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eGovernment,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eGovernment.

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