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legislative

Syllables: leg·is·la·tiveUK/ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.slə.tɪv//ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ɪˌsleɪ.tɪv/

legislative adjective: making, or having the power to make, a law or laws; lawmaking.

Adjective

legislative (comparative more legislative, superlative most legislative)

  1. Making, or having the power to make, a law or laws; lawmaking.
    • a legislative act
    • Although enormously influential in shaping the laws of the land, The House of Lords are not actually a legislative body.

Noun

legislative (plural legislatives)

  1. That branch of government which is responsible for making, or having the power to make, a law or laws.
    Synonyms:
    legislature

legislative meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

legislative in Hindi

legislative
विधायक vidhāyak, क़ानूनी qānūnī

legislative in Tamil

சட்டமியற்றக்கூடிய

legislative in Urdu

legislative
قانونی qānūnī

legislative in Bengali

বিধানসভা, বিধানিক, ব্যবস্থাপক
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legislative in Malayalam
നിയമനിർമ്മാണപരമായ, നിയമനിർമ്മാണം നടത്തുന്ന, നിയമസംബന്ധമായുള്ള, നിയമനിർമ്മാണത്തിന് അധികാരമുള്ള
legislative in Kannada
ಶಾಸಕಾಂಗ, ಶಾಸಕಾಂಗದ
legislative in Punjabi
ਵਿਧਾਨਕ
legislative in Nepali
विधायी, विधायिक
legislative in Indonesian
legislatif

Examples of legislative in a sentence

  • A legislative remedy might be some harsh medicine; is that cure worse than the ill?
  • The chairman sat on the report until the end of the legislative session.
  • Few expressed any great deal of confidence in the legislative branch.

All 40 example sentences with legislative

Synonyms of legislative

Forms of legislative

Adjective
comparativemore legislative
superlativemost legislative
Noun
plurallegislatives

Origin of legislative

From legislate + -ive.

Words formed from legislative

Phrases with legislative

Questions about legislative

What does legislative mean?
Legislative means making, or having the power to make, a law or laws; lawmaking.
What is legislative in Hindi?
Legislative in Hindi is विधायक (vidhāyak), क़ानूनी (qānūnī). See Legislative meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is legislative?
Legislative can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce legislative?
Legislative is pronounced /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.slə.tɪv/ (UK).

Words near legislative in the dictionary

  1. legislates
  2. legislating
  3. legislation
  4. legislational
  5. legislations
  6. legislative
  7. legislative bodies
  8. legislative body
  9. legislative branch
  10. legislative branches
  11. legislative building

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: legislative (page history and authors); क़ानूनी (Hindi) (page history and authors); legislative (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); قانونی (Urdu) (page history and authors); legislative (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); legislative (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); legislative (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); legislative (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); legislative (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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