Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

legislative

Syllabification: (leg·is·la·tive)
Pronunciation: /ˈlejəˌslātiv/
Translate legislative | into German | into Italian | into Spanish
Definition of legislative

adjective

  • having the power to make laws:the country’s supreme legislative body
  • of or relating to laws or the making of them:legislative proposalsOften contrasted with executive.
  • of or relating to a legislature:legislative elections

Derivatives

legislatively

adverb

legislative in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of legislative in the British & World English dictionary