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- pronunciation:
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sleI
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- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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a governmental assembly authorized to make, change, or revoke the laws of a state or nation.
The legislature is voting today on the proposal to change the tax laws.- similar words:
- assembly, congress
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capitol, congress, council, diet, government, house |
adjective + (n.)legislature
bicameral, colonial, democratic, elected, electoral, pending, provincial, provisional, representative, rubber, territorial, unicameral
verb + (n.)legislature
bypass, control, convince, defer, elect, introduce, lobby, persuade, petition, state, submit, testify, veto
(n.)legislature
+ verb
abolish,
adjourn,
adopt,
amend,
appoint,
appropriate,
approve,
authorize,
ban,
convene,
debate,
defeat,
dictate,
direct,
dominate,
draft,
enact,
fund,
grant,
implement,
impose,
initiate,
intend,
mandate,
outlaw,
override,
pass,
ratify,
redistricting,
redraw,
regulate,
reject,
repeal,
restrict,
revise,
uphold,
vote
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noun + (n.)legislature
approval, chamber, court, election, funding, governor, lobbyist, majority, member, proposal, representation, representative, seat, session, state, vote
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a broader category including legislature |
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government |
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a product of legislature |
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law, legislation |
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some actions of legislature |
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convene, debate, decide, meet, vote |
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some examples of legislatures |
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assembly, House of Commons, House of Lords, House of Representatives, senate |
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some members of legislatures |
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representative, senator |
The word legislature
contains the following parts:
leg1
Latin
root
that means law
  Example words:
-ure
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means act or process of
More about this word part:
The suffix -ure
attaches to Latin verb roots and English verbs.
Example words:
acupuncture, adventure, agriculture, aquaculture, armature, capture, closure, composure, conjecture, debenture, denture, disclosure, displeasure, enclosure, enrapture, erasure, exposure, failure, figure, fixture, fracture, indenture, juncture, lecture, legislature, literature, manufacture, miniature, nomenclature, picture, posture, pressure, primogeniture, procedure, rapture, rupture, Scripture, seizure, stricture, structure, superstructure, tenure, texture, torture, verdure
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