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legislator

/ˈlɛdʒɪsleɪtə/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈlɛdʒɪsleɪtə/

legislator

Syllables: 4 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final r is pronounced in US English

le - gis - la - tor -> legislator

Myanmar meaning

(n) တရားဥပဒေ ရေးဆွဲသူ။ ပြဋ္ဌန်းသူ။ လွှတ်တော်အမတ်

Full entry

legislate / 'ledʒÇsleÇt / v

~ (for/against/on sth)
ဥပဒေပြုသည်။ ဥပဒေရေးဆွဲသည်။
legislate against discrimination in the workplace ❍ legislate to allow prosecution of war criminals ❍ Parliament does much more than legislate.
❏ legislation / ledʒÇs'leÇʃn / n [U]
(က) ဥပဒေ။ proposed new legislation on vehicle emissions.
(ခ) ဥပဒေပြဋ္ဌာန်းမှု။ Legislation will be difficult and take time.
❏ legislative / 'ledʒÇslǝtÇv; US -leÇtÇv / adj ဥပဒေပြု။ a legislative assembly / council / body ❍ the legislative programme for the next session of Parliament.
❏ legislator / 'ledʒÇsleÇtǝ(r) / n (fml ) ဥပဒေပြု လွှတ်တော် အမတ်။
❏ legislature / 'ledʒÇsleÇtʃǝ(r) / n [CGp] (fml ) ဥပဒေပြု လွှတ်တော်။ ဥပဒေပြုအာဏာပိုင်အဖွဲ့။ the Quebec legislature.

More examples

The government could legislate to deal with such disturbances.
[legislate for/against] : Legislating against these practices could be counterproductive.

Synonyms

authorize, constitute, decree, enact, enact laws, enforce laws, establish, lay down the law, make laws, pass, promulgate

Antonyms