Dictionary entry

Legislation

Pronunciation: /lɛdʒɪsˈleɪʃ(ə)n/

Pronunciation

/lɛdʒɪsˈleɪʃ(ə)n/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) ဥပဒေ

Definition

legislate / 'ledʒÇsleÇt / v ~ ( for/against/on sth) ဥပေဒျပဳသည္။ ဥပေဒေရးဆြဲသည္။ 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) ဥပေဒ။ proposed new legislation on vehicle emissions. (ခ) ဥပေဒျပ႒ာန္းမႈ။ Legislation will be difficult and take time. ❏ legislative / 'ledʒÇslǝtÇv; US -leÇtÇv / adj ဥပေဒျပဳ။ a legislative assembly / council / body ❍ the legislative programme for the next session of Parliament. ❏ legislator / 'ledʒÇsleÇtǝ(r) / n ( fml ) ဥပေဒျပဳ လႊတ္ေတာ္ အမတ္။ ❏ legislature / 'ledʒÇsleÇtʃǝ(r) / n [CGp] ( fml ) ဥပေဒျပဳ လႊတ္ေတာ္။ ဥပေဒျပဳအာဏာပိုင္အဖြဲ႕။ the Quebec legislature.

Examples

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