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- pronunciation:
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jih
sleI
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- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
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noun |
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a group of people within a government that has the power to make or change laws.
The legislature is voting on the proposal to change the tax laws.- similar words:
- assembly, congress
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capitol, congress, council, government, house |
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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, capture, composure, enclosure, exposure, failure, figure, fixture, fracture, lecture, legislature, literature, manufacture, miniature, picture, posture, pressure, procedure, rapture, rupture, Scripture, seizure, structure, texture, torture
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