legislation B2 Topic:Law & Government US /ˌlɛd͡ʒɪˈsleɪʃən/ See IPA manual Freq #14523 Meanings 1 noun A law or set of laws made by a government. New legislation will ban smoking in all public buildings. 2 noun The act of making laws. Legislation on this issue took several years. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a law or set of laws made... statute law 2 noun · the act of making laws. lawmaking Word family Forms legislations Derived forms antilegislationcounterlegislationdelegislationoverlegislationpostlegislationprelegislationrelegislation Common collocations introduce legislation Verb + noun Etymology AI details From Late Latin lēgislātiō (“the giving of the law”). Morphologically legislate + -ion. lēgislātiō la-lat View etymology graph -> Topics Law & Government Actions & Processes External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # legislation **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˌlɛd͡ʒɪˈsleɪʃən/ **Frequency rank:** 14523 ## Meanings 1. A law or set of laws made by a government. 2. The act of making laws. ## Examples - New legislation will ban smoking in all public buildings. - Legislation on this issue took several years. ## Derived Forms - antilegislation - counterlegislation - delegislation - overlegislation - postlegislation - prelegislation - relegislation ## Roots and Affixes - Root: lēgislātiō ## Etymology From Late Latin lēgislātiō (“the giving of the law”). Morphologically legislate + -ion. ## AI Etymology Legislation comes from Late Latin lēgislātiō (“the giving of the law”). Morphologically legislate + -ion. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. ## Topics - Law & Government - Actions & Processes markdown