Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: legislative
IPA transcription: [l'ɛdʒəsl,eɪtɪv]
Pronunciations of legislative
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: legislative
    Meaning: relating to a legislature or composed of members of a legislature; "legislative council"
  • Synonyms: legislative
    Meaning: of or relating to or created by legislation; "legislative proposal"
Usage examples
  • I have given an example of the true method of solving political and legislative problems.
  • Even now the legislative power is asked, no longer simply to regulate the government of factories, but to create factories itself.
  • We have thus established at least this much, that if duty is a conception which is to have any import and real legislative authority for our actions, it can only be expressed in categorical and not at all in hypothetical imperatives.
  • But it soon began to appear that they would have widely different fates. The Comprehension Bill was indeed a neater specimen of legislative workmanship than the Toleration Bill, but was not, like the Toleration Bill, adapted to the wants, the feelings, and the prejudices of the existing generation.
  • The Democrats, on their side, renominated President Wilson by acclamation, reviewed with pride the legislative achievements of the party, and commended "the splendid diplomatic victories of our great President who has preserved the vital interests of our government and its citizens and kept us out of war."
  • The practical necessity of acting on this principle, i.e., duty, does not rest at all on feelings, impulses, or inclinations, but solely on the relation of rational beings to one another, a relation in which the will of a rational being must always be regarded as legislative, since otherwise it could not be conceived as an end in itself.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording European Economic Community, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Robert Garran, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Bintulu, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Thomas Jefferson, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Finance and Expenditure Committee, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording John Y. Brown (politician, born 1835), License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Confederate government of Kentucky, License CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Presidency of James Madison, License CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording The West Wing, License CC BY-SA 4.0
9. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Parliament of the United Kingdom, License CC BY-SA 4.0