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legislature
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural legislatures
plural legislatures
Learner's definition of LEGISLATURE
[count]
: a group of people with the power to make or change laws立法机关；立法机构
- Our legislature passed a law requiring people to wear safety belts.我们的立法机关通过了一项法律，要求人们系安全带。
- Each state has its own legislature.各州都有自己的立法机构。
- state legislatures州立法机构
legislature
noun
leg·is·la·ture ˈle-jə-ˌslā-chər 
also ˌle-jə-ˈslā-,
British often ˈle-jə-slə-chə
: a body of persons having the power to legislate
specifically : an organized body having the authority to make laws for a political unit
Example Sentences
Our legislature passed a law requiring people to wear safety belts. Each state has its own legislature.
Recent Examples on the Web But legislation never made it to a vote on the floor of the state legislature this year. 
Sean Mclain, WSJ, 17 Sep. 2022 Democratic leaders of the legislature rejected a special session and accused Republicans of grandstanding. Stephen Singer, Hartford Courant, 1 Sep. 2022 The judge's decision comes as North Carolina is preparing to vote this fall on its entire state legislature, two state supreme court races, all 14 U.S. House seats and a high-profile U.S. Senate contest. Hannah Schoenbaum, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2022 South Carolina required a two-thirds supermajority of its legislature to okay a Confederate monument’s removal, a bar that the state’s Supreme Court overturned last year, the Associated Press reported. Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2022 Another southern governor, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, driven in large part by his state’s experience with devastating hurricanes, has been able to put forward a climate agenda even though his legislature, also is controlled by Republicans. James Bruggers, The Courier-Journal, 2 Aug. 2022 And that's the problem in our state, our legislature keeps voting against penalties for people that shoot people with guns. NBC News, 10 July 2022 The Northern Ireland Assembly, its devolved legislature, has been paralyzed for months over the implementation of the protocol, leaving it without a regional government. Mike Fuller, ajc, 3 July 2022 This means that regardless of whether your state legislature has legalized the substance, transporting it across state lines is not advisable. Raphael Romero Ruiz, The Arizona Republic, 1 July 2022 See More
Sean Mclain, WSJ, 17 Sep. 2022 Democratic leaders of the legislature rejected a special session and accused Republicans of grandstanding. Stephen Singer, Hartford Courant, 1 Sep. 2022 The judge's decision comes as North Carolina is preparing to vote this fall on its entire state legislature, two state supreme court races, all 14 U.S. House seats and a high-profile U.S. Senate contest. Hannah Schoenbaum, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2022 South Carolina required a two-thirds supermajority of its legislature to okay a Confederate monument’s removal, a bar that the state’s Supreme Court overturned last year, the Associated Press reported. Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2022 Another southern governor, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, driven in large part by his state’s experience with devastating hurricanes, has been able to put forward a climate agenda even though his legislature, also is controlled by Republicans. James Bruggers, The Courier-Journal, 2 Aug. 2022 And that's the problem in our state, our legislature keeps voting against penalties for people that shoot people with guns. NBC News, 10 July 2022 The Northern Ireland Assembly, its devolved legislature, has been paralyzed for months over the implementation of the protocol, leaving it without a regional government. Mike Fuller, ajc, 3 July 2022 This means that regardless of whether your state legislature has legalized the substance, transporting it across state lines is not advisable. Raphael Romero Ruiz, The Arizona Republic, 1 July 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
circa 1676, in the meaning defined above
Time Traveler
The first known use of legislature was circa 1676 noun
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