legislate
verb IELTS
- English meaning
- To make laws about something.
- Example
The government plans to legislate to protect renters.
- Common collocations
- legislate against; legislate for
- Word family
- legislation, legislative, legislator, legislature
- Academic Word List · Sublist 1
Translation
- 한국어법률을 제정하다
- 中文立法
- 日本語法律を制定する
- ไทยออกกฎหมาย
- Bahasa Indonesiamembuat undang-undang
- Tiếng Việtlập pháp, ban hành luật
- Русскийпринимать законы
- हिन्दीकानून बनाना
Entries marked AWL come from the Academic Word List (Coxhead, 2000), a widely used list of words that appear often in university texts. Definitions, examples and translations are written by AUSLEX.
Meanings and translations are AUSLEX editorial drafts. Usage can vary by region, age and situation.