how to pronounce legislate
/ˈlɛdʒ.ɪ.slɛɪt/
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legislate is pronounced in three syllables
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An example use of legislate in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… Department to legislate for abortion in …”
meanings of legislate
verb:
- To pass laws (including the amending or repeal of existing laws).
legislate frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR
the word legislate occurs in english on average 2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
topics legislate can be related to
it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that legislate can be often used in the following areas:
1) business and work;
2) communication, information, and media;
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