legislate - Longman Dictionary

legislate meaning, definition, what is legislate: to make a law about something: Learn more. legislate Wordfamily (noun) legislationlegislatorlegislature (adjective) legislative (verb) legislateFromLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglishlegislatele‧gis‧late/ˈledʒəsleɪt/AWLverb[intransitive]    1LAWtomakealawaboutsomethinglegislateon  OnlyParliamenthasthepowertolegislateonnationalmatters.legislatefor/against  Thegovernmenthaspromisedtolegislateagainstdiscrimination.  Wemustlegislateforequalpay.legislatetodosomething  Wemustlegislatetocontroldrugs.2→legislateforsomething→SeeVerbtableExamplesfromtheCorpuslegislate•Shouldparliamentlegislateagainstexperimentsonanimals?•Congressfailedtolegislateeffectivehandguncontrols.•WhatismoreBigGovernmentthanlegislatingeffortinathleticcompetition?•Governmentswillhavetolegislateeventually.•ThomasJeffersonsaidthatBritainhadnorighttolegislateforitsAmericancolonies.•Clearlynogovernmentcanlegislateforsuchawidearrayofcircumstances,letaloneattempttoenforcesuchlegislation.•Thealternative,anditmightbeeffective,wouldbetolegislatefortwo-tiersupervisoryboards.•Thegovernmentwasunderalotofpublicpressuretolegislateonequalpay.•Thisislegislatingscienceatitsmostpernicious.•Statesarelegislatingstricterautomobilesafetymeasuresforyoungchildren.legislatefor/against•Wewillencourage,andifnecessarylegislatefor,bankstotreatsmallbusinessesfairlybyagreeingcontractsforservices.•WenaturallywelcomeLabour'sexistingpromisetorepealSection28andtolegislateagainstdiscriminationintheworkplace.•But,exceptbyprivateorhybridBills,Parliamentdoesnotlegislateforindividualcases.•Clearlynogovernmentcanlegislateforsuchawidearrayofcircumstances,letaloneattempttoenforcesuchlegislation.Originlegislate(1700-1800)legislator Exercises Exercises Vocabularyexerciseshelpyoutolearnsynonyms,collocationsandidioms. IntermediateandAdvancedlevelgrammarpracticewithprogresstests. Listeningandpronunciation,exampreparationandmore! Moreresults legislateforsomething Seeallresults Picturesoftheday Whatarethese? Clickonthepicturestocheck. Exploretopics Wind,water,sun Folklore Police Household Seealltopics Wordoftheday rumour informationorastorythatispassedfromonepersontoanotherandwhichmayormaynotbetrue VerbtablelegislatePresentI,you,we,theylegislatehe,she,itlegislates >ViewMore PastI,you,he,she,it,we,theylegislatedPresentperfectI,you,we,theyhavelegislatedhe,she,ithaslegislatedPastperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theyhadlegislatedFutureI,you,he,she,it,we,theywilllegislateFutureperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theywillhavelegislated >ViewLess PresentIamlegislatinghe,she,itislegislating >ViewMore you,we,theyarelegislatingPastI,he,she,itwaslegislatingyou,we,theywerelegislatingPresentperfectI,you,we,theyhavebeenlegislatinghe,she,ithasbeenlegislatingPastperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theyhadbeenlegislatingFutureI,you,he,she,it,we,theywillbelegislatingFutureperfectI,you,he,she,it,we,theywillhavebeenlegislating >ViewLess