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prelegislation

prelegislation adjective: prior to the introduction of legislation.

Adjective

prelegislation (not comparable)

  1. Prior to the introduction of legislation.

Origin of prelegislation

From pre- + legislation.

Questions about prelegislation

What does prelegislation mean?
Prelegislation means prior to the introduction of legislation.
What part of speech is prelegislation?
Prelegislation is an adjective.

Words near prelegislation in the dictionary

  1. prelegatee
  2. prelegatees
  3. prelegates
  4. prelegating
  5. prelegendary
  6. prelegislation
  7. prelegislative
  8. preleptocephali
  9. preleptocephalus
  10. preleptotene
  11. preleptotenes

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