"legislative" meaning in English

See legislative in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.slə.tɪv/ [UK], /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ɪˌsleɪ.tɪv/ [US], [ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ɪˌsleɪ.ɾɪv] [US], /ˈled͡ʒ.ɪ.slə.tɪv/ [General-Australian], [ˈled͡ʒ.ɪ.slə.ɾɪv] [General-Australian], /-slæɪ-/ [General-Australian], /lɛˈd͡ʒɪ.slə.tɪv/ [Philippines, nonstandard] Audio: en-us-legislative.ogg Forms: more legislative [comparative], most legislative [superlative]
Etymology: From legislate + -ive. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|legislate|ive}} legislate + -ive Head templates: {{en-adj}} legislative (comparative more legislative, superlative most legislative)
  1. Making, or having the power to make, a law or laws; lawmaking. Categories (topical): Law Derived forms: legislative body, legislative building, legislative process, legislative session, quasi-legislative Translations (having the power to make laws): νομοθετικός (nomothetikós) (Ancient Greek), օրենսդրական (ōrensdrakan) (Armenian), qanunverici (Azerbaijani), заканада́ўчы (zakanadáŭčy) (Belarusian), законодателен (zakonodatelen) (Bulgarian), legislatiu (Catalan), 立法的 (lìfǎ de) (Chinese Mandarin), zákonodárný [masculine] (Czech), legislativní (Czech), lovgivende (Danish), wetgevend (Dutch), lakiasäätävä (Finnish), législatif (French), lexislativo [masculine] (Galician), gesetzgeberisch (German), törvényhozó (Hungarian), legislatif (Indonesian), reachtach (Irish), legislativo (Italian), заңнамалық (zañnamalyq) (Kazakh), legislativ (Norwegian), lovgivende (Norwegian Bokmål), legislatiu (Occitan), ǣlagol (Old English), legislacyjny (Polish), legislatywny (Polish), prawodawczy (Polish), ustawodawczy (Polish), legislativo (Portuguese), legislativ (Romanian), законода́тельный (zakonodátelʹnyj) (Russian), legislativo (Spanish), законода́вчий (zakonodávčyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-legislative-en-adj-RBRKZIX4 Disambiguation of Law: 49 51 Categories (other): English terms with collocations

Noun

IPA: /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.slə.tɪv/ [UK], /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ɪˌsleɪ.tɪv/ [US], [ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ɪˌsleɪ.ɾɪv] [US], /ˈled͡ʒ.ɪ.slə.tɪv/ [General-Australian], [ˈled͡ʒ.ɪ.slə.ɾɪv] [General-Australian], /-slæɪ-/ [General-Australian], /lɛˈd͡ʒɪ.slə.tɪv/ [Philippines, nonstandard] Audio: en-us-legislative.ogg Forms: legislatives [plural]
Etymology: From legislate + -ive. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|legislate|ive}} legislate + -ive Head templates: {{en-noun}} legislative (plural legislatives)
  1. That branch of government which is responsible for making, or having the power to make, a law or laws. Categories (topical): Government, Law Synonyms: legislature
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "ipa": "[ˈled͡ʒ.ɪ.slə.ɾɪv]",
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          "text": "a legislative act",
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          "text": "Although enormously influential in shaping the laws of the land, The House of Lords are not actually a legislative body.",
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          "text": "The legislative framework provides much opportunity for correction and amendment of poorly thought out bills.",
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      "ipa": "/ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ɪˌsleɪ.tɪv/",
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "ōrensdrakan",
      "sense": "having the power to make laws",
      "word": "օրենսդրական"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "having the power to make laws",
      "word": "qanunverici"
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      "code": "be",
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      "roman": "zakanadáŭčy",
      "sense": "having the power to make laws",
      "word": "заканада́ўчы"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zakonodatelen",
      "sense": "having the power to make laws",
      "word": "законодателен"
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "having the power to make laws",
      "word": "legislatiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lìfǎ de",
      "sense": "having the power to make laws",
      "word": "立法的"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "having the power to make laws",
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      "word": "zákonodárný"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "having the power to make laws",
      "word": "legislativní"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "having the power to make laws",
      "word": "lovgivende"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "having the power to make laws",
      "word": "wetgevend"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having the power to make laws",
      "word": "lakiasäätävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having the power to make laws",
      "word": "législatif"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "having the power to make laws",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "lexislativo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having the power to make laws",
      "word": "gesetzgeberisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "nomothetikós",
      "sense": "having the power to make laws",
      "word": "νομοθετικός"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having the power to make laws",
      "word": "törvényhozó"
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    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "having the power to make laws",
      "word": "legislatif"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "having the power to make laws",
      "word": "reachtach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having the power to make laws",
      "word": "legislativo"
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    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "zañnamalyq",
      "sense": "having the power to make laws",
      "word": "заңнамалық"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "having the power to make laws",
      "word": "legislativ"
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    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "having the power to make laws",
      "word": "lovgivende"
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    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "having the power to make laws",
      "word": "legislatiu"
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    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "having the power to make laws",
      "word": "ǣlagol"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "having the power to make laws",
      "word": "legislacyjny"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "word": "legislatywny"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "having the power to make laws",
      "word": "prawodawczy"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "having the power to make laws",
      "word": "ustawodawczy"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "having the power to make laws",
      "word": "legislativo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "having the power to make laws",
      "word": "legislativ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zakonodátelʹnyj",
      "sense": "having the power to make laws",
      "word": "законода́тельный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having the power to make laws",
      "word": "legislativo"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zakonodávčyj",
      "sense": "having the power to make laws",
      "word": "законода́вчий"
    }
  ],
  "word": "legislative"
}

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