# legislative

Pronunciation: US say "LEJ-i-slay-tiv" /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ɪˌsleɪ.tɪv/; say "LEJ-i-sluh-tiv" UK /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.slə.tɪv/, AUS /ˈled͡ʒ.ɪ.slə.tɪv/

## Adjective

1. Making laws, or having the power to make them; relating to the process of lawmaking.
   - Simple: Having the power to make laws, or having to do with making laws.
   - _Congress holds legislative authority at the federal level._
   - _The new constitution granted broad legislative powers to the elected assembly._

## Noun

2. The branch of government responsible for making laws, or holding the power to make them.
   - Simple: The part of a government that makes a country's laws.
   - _Under the new charter, the legislative gained the sole right to approve taxes._
   - _The legislative and the executive often clash over how to spend public money._

## Origin

Formed from "legislate" combined with the suffix "-ive".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/legislative (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).