legislative

[lej-is-ley-tiv]

adjective

1. having the function of making laws.

   a legislative body.

2. of or relating to the enactment of laws.

   legislative proceedings; legislative power.

3. pertaining to a legislature.

   a legislative recess.

4. enacted or ordained by legislation or a legislature.

   legislative ruling; legislative remedy.

noun

1. legislature.

legislative

/ ˈlɛdʒɪslətɪv /

adjective

1. of or relating to legislation

2. having the power or function of legislating

   a legislative assembly

3. of or relating to a legislature

noun

1. rare,  another word for legislature

Other Word Forms

• legislatively adverb
• nonlegislative adjective
• nonlegislatively adverb
• prelegislative adjective
• pseudolegislative adjective
• quasi-legislative adjective
• quasi-legislatively adverb
• semilegislative adjective
• semilegislatively adverb
• unlegislative adjective
• unlegislatively adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of legislative¹

First recorded in 1635–45; legislat(ion) + -ive

Example Sentences

With Jefferson’s eclectic interests represented, the reborn Library of Congress became a general collection, not merely one for legislative specialists.

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Second, because of legislative technicalities, high earners will get an approximately 5.4% haircut on their total itemized deductions.

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Though the moratorium remains in effect, more changes to the prevailing legislative thinking on staircases could be coming soon.

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There was no net change in any of the 11 gubernatorial races and legislative contests across 44 states ended in something close to a wash.

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It and its leader Domingos Simoes Pereira, who only recently returned from exile, were disqualified from running after the Supreme Court ruled their legislative and presidential applications had been submitted after the deadline.

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Related Words

• congressional 
• parliamentary 
• senatorial