Fortune 500 companies were the hardest hit by recent legislation.
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Legislation
//ˌlɛd͡ʒɪˈsleɪʃən//
Synonyms for "legislation" (45 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (22)
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13 entriesdistinct from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
2 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Translations
83 translations across 42 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- νομοθέτημα noun (law already enacted by legislature)
- νομοθεσία noun (the act of legislating)
Arabic
3 entries- تَشْرِيع noun (the act of legislating)
- شَرِيعَة noun (law already enacted by legislature)
- قَانُون noun (law already enacted by legislature)
Asturian
2 entries- llexislación noun (the act of legislating)
- llexislación noun (law already enacted by legislature)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- qanunvericilik noun (the act of legislating)
Belarusian
2 entries- заканада́ўства noun (the act of legislating)
- зако́н noun (law already enacted by legislature)
Bulgarian
1 entries- законода́телство noun (the act of legislating)
Catalan
1 entries- legislació noun (the act of legislating)
Cebuano
2 entries- lehislasyon noun (the act of legislating)
- lehislasyon noun (law already enacted by legislature)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 法規 /法规 noun (law already enacted by legislature)
- 立法 noun (the act of legislating)
- 立法 noun (law already enacted by legislature)
Czech
1 entries- zákonodárství noun (the act of legislating)
Dutch
3 entries- legislatie noun (the act of legislating)
- wet noun (law already enacted by legislature)
- wetgeving noun (the act of legislating)
Finnish
2 entries- lainsäädäntö noun (the act of legislating)
- lainsäädäntö noun (law already enacted by legislature)
French
2 entries- loi noun (law already enacted by legislature)
- législation noun (the act of legislating)
Galician
2 entries- lexislación noun (the act of legislating)
- lexislación noun (law already enacted by legislature)
Georgian
2 entries- კანონი noun (law already enacted by legislature)
- კანონმდებლობა noun (the act of legislating)
German
2 entries- Gesetz noun (law already enacted by legislature)
- Gesetzgebung noun (the act of legislating)
Greek
1 entries- νομοθεσία noun (the act of legislating)
Hungarian
2 entries- becikkelyezett törvény noun (law already enacted by legislature)
- törvényhozás noun (the act of legislating)
Indonesian
4 entries- legislasi noun (the act of legislating)
- pembentukan noun (the act of legislating)
- penyusunan noun (the act of legislating)
- undang-undang noun (law already enacted by legislature)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- قانون noun (law already enacted by legislature)
- قانونگُذاری noun (the act of legislating)
Irish
2 entries- reachtaíocht noun (the act of legislating)
- reachtaíocht noun (law already enacted by legislature)
Italian
2 entries- leggi noun (law already enacted by legislature)
- legislazione noun (the act of legislating)
Japanese
4 entries- 法制 noun (the act of legislating)
- 法制化 noun (the act of legislating)
- 法律 noun (law already enacted by legislature)
- 立法 noun (the act of legislating)
Korean
3 entries- 립법 noun (the act of legislating)
- 법률 noun (law already enacted by legislature)
- 입법 noun (the act of legislating)
Latin
1 entries- lēgislātiō noun (the act of legislating)
Macedonian
1 entries- законодавство noun (the act of legislating)
Malay
2 entries- akta noun (law already enacted by legislature)
- penggubalan noun (the act of legislating)
Maltese
2 entries- leġiżlazzjoni noun (the act of legislating)
- leġiżlazzjoni noun (law already enacted by legislature)
Māori
1 entries- whakaturetanga noun (the act of legislating)
Norman
1 entries- législâtion noun (the act of legislating)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- lovgivning noun (the act of legislating)
- lovgivning noun (law already enacted by legislature)
Polish
4 entries- legislacja noun (the act of legislating)
- prawodawstwo noun (the act of legislating)
- prawodawstwo noun (law already enacted by legislature)
- ustawodawstwo noun (the act of legislating)
Portuguese
2 entries- legislação noun (the act of legislating)
- legislação noun (law already enacted by legislature)
Russian
2 entries- зако́н noun (law already enacted by legislature)
- законода́тельство noun (the act of legislating)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- zakonodávstvo noun (the act of legislating)
- законода́вство noun (the act of legislating)
Slovak
1 entries- zákonodarstvo noun (the act of legislating)
Slovene
1 entries- zakonodaja noun (the act of legislating)
Spanish
2 entries- legislación noun (the act of legislating)
- legislación noun (law already enacted by legislature)
Swedish
2 entries- lagstiftning noun (the act of legislating)
- lagstiftning noun (law already enacted by legislature)
Turkish
2 entries- kanun noun (the act of legislating)
- yasama noun (the act of legislating)
Ukrainian
2 entries- зако́н noun (law already enacted by legislature)
- законода́вство noun (the act of legislating)
Vietnamese
1 entries- lập pháp noun (the act of legislating)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
This group passes out information on such things as travel and health care, and encourages its members to vote on issues that affect this age group such as legislation regulating the insurance industry, medical care and housing.
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Existing legislation does not take diversity of races into account.
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A poll shows that an overwhelming majority is in favor of the legislation.
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