legislate

Questions about legislate

What does legislate mean?

legislate means "make laws, bills, etc. or bring into effect by legislation".

How many syllables are in legislate?

legislate has 3 syllables: leg-i-slate. The stress falls on "leg". In IPA it is /ˈlɛdʒɪˌsleɪt/.

What is another word for legislate?

Close synonyms include pass. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is legislate a common word?

legislate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with legislate?

1 word rhymes with legislate. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.