The U.S. government has three branches: the executive, the legislative, and the judicial.
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Legislative
//ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.slə.tɪv//
Synonyms for "legislative" (29 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (14)
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14 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriesTranslations
33 translations across 29 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- νομοθετικός adj (having the power to make laws)
Armenian
1 entries- օրենսդրական adj (having the power to make laws)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- qanunverici adj (having the power to make laws)
Belarusian
1 entries- заканада́ўчы adj (having the power to make laws)
Bulgarian
1 entries- законодателен adj (having the power to make laws)
Catalan
1 entries- legislatiu adj (having the power to make laws)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 立法的 adj (having the power to make laws)
Czech
2 entries- legislativní adj (having the power to make laws)
- zákonodárný adj (having the power to make laws)
Danish
1 entries- lovgivende adj (having the power to make laws)
Dutch
1 entries- wetgevend adj (having the power to make laws)
Finnish
1 entries- lakiasäätävä adj (having the power to make laws)
French
1 entries- législatif adj (having the power to make laws)
Galician
1 entries- lexislativo adj (having the power to make laws)
German
1 entries- gesetzgeberisch adj (having the power to make laws)
Hungarian
1 entries- törvényhozó adj (having the power to make laws)
Indonesian
1 entries- legislatif adj (having the power to make laws)
Irish
1 entries- reachtach adj (having the power to make laws)
Italian
1 entries- legislativo adj (having the power to make laws)
Kazakh
1 entries- заңнамалық adj (having the power to make laws)
Norwegian
1 entries- legislativ adj (having the power to make laws)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- lovgivende adj (having the power to make laws)
Occitan
1 entries- legislatiu adj (having the power to make laws)
Old English
1 entries- ǣlagol adj (having the power to make laws)
Polish
4 entries- legislacyjny adj (having the power to make laws)
- legislatywny adj (having the power to make laws)
- prawodawczy adj (having the power to make laws)
- ustawodawczy adj (having the power to make laws)
Portuguese
1 entries- legislativo adj (having the power to make laws)
Romanian
1 entries- legislativ adj (having the power to make laws)
Russian
1 entries- законода́тельный adj (having the power to make laws)
Spanish
1 entries- legislativo adj (having the power to make laws)
Ukrainian
1 entries- законода́вчий adj (having the power to make laws)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
The reconciliation report was issued in violation of the legislative requirements.
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Elena Mizulina, infamous for her legislative initiatives, suggested in her interview to the REN-TV channel that the phrase “gays are people too” may be considered extremist.
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The Bundestag, the German legislative body, meets in the Reichstag building in Berlin.
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