legislature
Syllables: le·gis·la·tureUK/ˈlɛd͡ʒɪsləˌt͡ʃʊə//ˈlɛd͡ʒɪˌsleɪt͡ʃɚ/
legislature noun: a governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws.
Noun
legislature (plural legislatures)
- A governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws.
- state legislature
- bicameral legislature
- The legislative assembly of a province or territory, as opposed to the federal parliament.
- A legislative building.
legislature meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
legislature in Hindi
- legislature
- विधायिका vidhāyikā
legislature in Tamil
- governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws
- சட்டமன்றம் caṭṭamaṉṟam
legislature in Urdu
- legislature, legislative
- مقننہ muqannina
legislature in Bengali
- বিধানমণ্ডল, ব্যবস্থাপক সভা
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- legislature in Malayalam
- നിയമസഭ, നിയമനിർമ്മാണസമിതി, പാർലമെൻറ്
- legislature in Kannada
- ಶಾಸಕಾಂಗ, ವಿಧಾನ ಮಂಡಲ, ನ್ಯಾಯ ವಿಧಾಯಕ ಸಭೆ
- legislature in Nepali
- विधायिका
- legislature in Tagalog
- batasan
- legislature in Indonesian
- legislatur
- legislature in Persian
- مجلس, پارلمان
- legislature in Thai
- สภานิติบัญญัติ sà-paa-ní-dtì-ban-yàt
- legislature in Vietnamese
- cơ quan lập pháp
Examples of legislature in a sentence
- colonial legislature
- members of the legislature
- The state legislature passed a new education bill.
- Members of the legislature debated late into the night.
- The law cannot take effect until approved by the legislature.
Synonyms of legislature
Forms of legislature
| plural | legislatures |
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Origin of legislature
1676, from stem of legislator + -ure, cognate with French législature.
Words formed from legislature
Questions about legislature
- What does legislature mean?
- Legislature means a governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws.
- What is legislature in Hindi?
- Legislature in Hindi is विधायिका (vidhāyikā). See Legislature meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use legislature in a sentence?
- colonial legislature
- What part of speech is legislature?
- Legislature is a noun.
- How do you pronounce legislature?
- Legislature is pronounced /ˈlɛd͡ʒɪsləˌt͡ʃʊə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of legislature?
- The plural of legislature is legislatures.
Words near legislature in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: legislature (page history and authors); विधायिका (Hindi) (page history and authors); مقننہ (Urdu) (page history and authors); legislature (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); legislature (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); legislature (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); legislature (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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