SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
legislative
adjective
Relating to the making of laws or the body responsible for making them.
Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.
Concerning lawmaking
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Usage distinction
Return to topLegislative concerns making laws or the body that makes them. Judicial and executive describe different functions.
CHECK THE MEANING IN CONTEXT
See legislative in use
The class compared legislative action with the implementation of an existing law.
A legislative committee in the class's invented city considered a rule requiring public notice before a neighborhood garden could be closed.
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