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# legislative

«legislative» in Mova's school dictionary: **to do with making laws** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (legislative)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (law) Legislative means to do with making laws. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legislative/#m2)

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «legislative» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legislative/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.