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# legislative

adjective (legislative)

«legislative» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (law) Legislative means to do with making laws. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legislative/#m1)
2. The legislative branch of government is the part, such as Parliament or Congress, that makes laws. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legislative/#m2)

### In the lessons

Citizenship and civics: the three branches of government are legislative (makes laws), executive (carries them out) and judicial (judges them). It tells the reader about law-making.

### Examples

- Congress is the legislative branch of the US government. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legislative/#x1)
- Parliament has legislative power in the UK. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legislative/#x2)
- The legislative process can take months. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legislative/#x3)
- A legislative assembly passed the new rule. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legislative/#x4)
- The legislative branch makes laws, and the courts explain them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legislative/#x5)
- Our class held a pretend legislative debate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legislative/#x6)

### Note

Say «LEJ-is-luh-tiv». Related: legislation (laws), legislator (a law-maker), legislature (the law-making body).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «legislative» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legislative/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«legislative» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/legislative.html) on Mova free.