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

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Phrases (1)

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introduce legislation
To formally present a proposed law for consideration by a legislative body.

Verb + noun

Etymology

From Late Latin lēgislātiō (“the giving of the law”). Morphologically legislate + -ion.

lēgislātiō la-lat

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Topics

Law & Government

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