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It is the union of independence and dependence of these branches - legislative, executive and judicial - and of the governmental functions possessed by each of them, that constitutes the marvellous genius of this unrivalled document.
J. Reuben Clark

Meaning of "legislative" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LEGISLATIVE

legislative  [ˈlɛdʒɪslətɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEGISLATIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Legislative can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES LEGISLATIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Legislature

A legislature is a decision-making organization, usually associated with national government, that has the power to enact, amend and repeal laws. Legislatures observe and steer governing actions and usually have exclusive authority to amend the budget or budgets involved in the process. The most common names for national legislatures are "parliament" and "congress", although these terms have more specific meanings.

Definition of legislative in the English dictionary

The first definition of legislative in the dictionary is of or relating to legislation. Other definition of legislative is having the power or function of legislating. Legislative is also of or relating to a legislature.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LEGISLATIVE


ablative
ˈæblətɪv
accumulative
əˈkjuːmjʊlətɪv
allative
ˈælətɪv
appellative
əˈpɛlətɪv
assimilative
əˈsɪmɪlətɪv
calculative
ˈkælkjʊlətɪv
coagulative
kəʊˈæɡjʊlətɪv
copulative
ˈkɒpjʊlətɪv
correlative
kɒˈrɛlətɪv
cumulative
ˈkjuːmjʊlətɪv
elative
ˈiːlətɪv
manipulative
məˈnɪpjʊlətɪv
recapitulative
ˌriːkəˈpɪtjʊlətɪv
regulative
ˈrɛɡjʊlətɪv
relative
ˈrɛlətɪv
simulative
ˈsɪmjʊlətɪv
speculative
ˈspɛkjʊlətɪv
stimulative
ˈstɪmjʊlətɪv
superlative
suːˈpɜːlətɪv
violative
ˈvaɪələtɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LEGISLATIVE

legionaries
legionary
legionary ant
legioned
legionella
legionellae
legionnaire
legionnaire´s disease
legislate
legislation
legislative assembly
legislative council
legislatively
legislator
legislatorial
legislatorship
legislatress
legislature
legist
legit

WORDS THAT END LIKE LEGISLATIVE

active
administrative
alternative
collaborative
comparative
conservative
cooperative
creative
decorative
derivative
in the negative
informative
initiative
innovative
narrative
native
negative
operative
qualitative
quantitative
representative

Synonyms and antonyms of legislative in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LEGISLATIVE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «legislative» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of legislative

Translation of «legislative» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LEGISLATIVE

Find out the translation of legislative to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of legislative from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «legislative» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

立法的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

legislativo
570 millions of speakers

English

legislative
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विधायी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التشريعية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

законодательная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

legislativo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিধানিক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

législatif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perundangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

gesetzgebend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

立法上の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

입법의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Legislatif
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lập pháp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சட்டமன்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कायदेविषयक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yasama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

legislativo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

legislacyjna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Законодавча
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

legislativ
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νομοθετικού
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wetgewende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lagstiftnings
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lovgivende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of legislative

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LEGISLATIVE»

The term «legislative» is very widely used and occupies the 11.473 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LEGISLATIVE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «legislative» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «legislative» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about legislative

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10 QUOTES WITH «LEGISLATIVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word legislative.
1
Samuel Adams
The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority of man, but only to have the law of nature for his rule.
2
Todd Akin
The Supreme Court and courts in general have been usurping the role of the legislative branch of government.
3
Robert Bork
Being 'at the mercy of legislative majorities' is merely another way of describing the basic American plan: representative democracy.
4
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Intervention for the prevention and control of osteoporosis should comprise a combination of legislative action, educational measures, health service activities, media coverage, and individual counselling to initiate changes in behaviour.
5
James L. Buckley
Once it becomes impossible for members of Congress to make a career of legislative service, the temptation to bend a vote for whatever reason may yield to the better angels of their nature.
6
Martin Van Buren
My conviction of the necessity of further legislative provisions for the safe-keeping and disbursement of the public moneys and my opinion in regard to the measures best adapted to the accomplishment of those objects have been already submitted to you.
7
Warren E. Burger
There can be no doubt that the practice of opening legislative sessions with prayer has become part of the fabric of our society.
8
J. Reuben Clark
It is the union of independence and dependence of these branches - legislative, executive and judicial - and of the governmental functions possessed by each of them, that constitutes the marvellous genius of this unrivalled document.
9
Barber Conable
Exhaustion and exasperation are frequently the handmaidens of legislative decision.
10
Robert Dallek
Obama's endorsement of gay marriage is hardly as consequential as Johnson's legislative success on civil rights.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEGISLATIVE»

Discover the use of legislative in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to legislative and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Term Limits and Legislative Representation
This 1996 book tests the central arguments made by both supporters and opponents of legislative term limits.
John M. Carey, 1998
2
Information and Legislative Organization
Presents an alternative informational theory of legislative politics to challenge the conventional view
Keith Krehbiel, 1992
3
A Legislative History: The Development of the ABA Model ...
This comprehensive volume provides a series of summaries of the American Bar Association's legislative actions from 1982 to 2005 which shaped the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct.
Center for Professional Responsibility (American Bar Association), 2006
4
Legislative Leviathan: Party Government in the House
The second edition of Legislative Leviathan provides an incisive new look at the inner workings of the House of Representatives in the post-World War II era.
Gary W. Cox, Mathew D. McCubbins, 2007
5
Seidman's Legislative History of Federal Income Tax Laws, ...
Seidman, J[acob] S. Seidman's Legislative History of Federal Income Tax Laws 1938-1861. New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc., [1938]. xviii, 1166 pp. Reprinted 2003 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN 1-58477-336-7.
‎2003
6
The Legislative Branch
Contains eighteen essays in which political scientists and scholars of public policy examine the performance of the U.S. Congress as a democratic institution, covering ideals and development, elections and representation, structures and ...
Paul J. Quirk, Sarah A. Binder, 2005
7
Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Governance in Federal ...
They also explore how the federal nature of the polity affects those institutions and how the institutions in turn affect federalism. The book concludes with reflections on possible future trends.
Katy Le Roy, Cheryl Saunders, 2006
8
The President in the Legislative Arena
In The President in the Legislative Arena, Jon R. Bond and Richard Fleisher depart dramatically from the concern with presidential influence that has dominated research on presidential-congressional relations for the past thirty years.
Jon R. Bond, 1990
9
The Legislative Branch of the Federal Government: Purpose, ...
Discusses the legislative branch of the United States government, including its history and relation to the other two branches of government, and profiles notable members of the House of Representatives and Senate.
Brian Duignan, 2009
10
Handbook of Legislative Research
This Handbook offers an inventory of research on one of the central institutions of politics.
Gerhard Loewenberg, Samuel Charles Patterson, Malcolm Edwin Jewell, 1985

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEGISLATIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term legislative is used in the context of the following news items.
1
NJ Sen. Turner receives state AFL-CIO Legislative Award
New Jersey Sen. Shirley Turner (D-Mercer/Hunterdon) has been awarded the state AFL-CIO's 2015 Legislative Award. By Sulaiman ... «The Trentonian, Jul 15»
2
The winners and losers of Maine's lengthy and contentious 2015 …
Here's a look at some of the winners and losers of the 2015 legislative session: ———WINNERS: GUN-RIGHTS ADVOCATES: The passage of ... «Lewiston Sun Journal, Jul 15»
3
Hong Kong DAB lawmakers take different approach to Legislative
Yet two of its lawmakers are poles apart on the use of question time during the weekly Legislative Council meeting. Elizabeth Quat of the ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
4
Consumers need legislative fix to home repair scam | Miami Herald …
This spring's annual legislative session melted down with lawmakers again failing to enact reforms to address this scheme and protect ... «Miami Herald, Jul 15»
5
National strategic agenda awaits legislative action
Nationwide polling data indicates an overwhelming majority of voters support four national strategic policy ideas. They include: 1) balance the ... «Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier, Jul 15»
6
Montana Chamber of Commerce releases legislative "score card"
The Montana Chamber of Commerce has released its review of the 2015 Legislature, and it thinks lawmakers did well. "From the Montana Chamber perspective, ... «KBZK Bozeman News, Jul 15»
7
Philadelphia chapter of National Action Network attend legislative
There those from North and Northwest Philadelphia attended the “From Demonstration to Legislation Legislative & Policy Conference. «Montgomery Newspapers, Jul 15»
8
Spin Control: Governor's actions seal legislative action - Spokesman …
Although the Legislature left town July 9, the true end of the session came Wednesday when Gov. Jay Inslee signed the last three of the 363 ... «The Spokesman Review, Jul 15»
9
Legislative roll call, July 19 - News - Standard Speaker
Legislative roll call, July 19. From staff reports. Published: July 19, 2015. Article Tools. Font size: [A] [A] [A]. Our Social Networks. Facebook · Twitter. Facebook. «Standard Speaker, Jul 15»
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Florida pols claim legislative 'paralysis' over redistricting …
Florida pols claim legislative 'paralysis' over redistricting requirement. By MARY ELLEN KLAS. Herald/Times Tallahassee BureauJuly 18, 2015. «Bradenton Herald, Jul 15»

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