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LEGISLATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does legislate mean? 

LEGISLATE (verb)
  The verb LEGISLATE has 1 sense:

1. make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislationplay

  Familiarity information: LEGISLATE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LEGISLATE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they legislate  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it legislates  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: legislated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: legislated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: legislating  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

legislate; pass

Context example:

We cannot legislate how people spend their free time

Hypernyms (to "legislate" is one way to...):

enact; ordain (order by virtue of superior authority; decree)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

legislation (the act of making or enacting laws)

legislation (law enacted by a legislative body)

legislative (of or relating to or created by legislation)

legislator (someone who makes or enacts laws)

legislature (persons who make or amend or repeal laws)


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