Legislate
verb
To make or pass laws.
The government legislates on numerous issues such as health and education.
Often appears as...
- legislate against
- legislate for
verb
To create detailed laws or rules about something.
The government has been asked to legislate on the issue of data privacy.
Often appears as...
- legislate on
- legislate in regard to
verb
To make or pass laws.
The government legislates on numerous issues such as health and education.
Often appears as...
- legislate against
- legislate for
verb
To create detailed laws or rules about something.
The government has been asked to legislate on the issue of data privacy.
Often appears as...
- legislate on
- legislate in regard to
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Policy Influence
Used when describing government action in shaping public policies through new laws.
To combat climate change, the government must legislate with strong environmental policies.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Positive
Legislate doesn't imply the laws are good or bad, just that they are made.
Sometimes governments legislate in haste, resulting in ineffective laws.
Pro Tip 3/3Action Process
Implies an ongoing process, not just the final act of law creation.
Lawmakers are currently legislating on the new tax reforms.
Pro Tip 1/3Policy Influence
Used when describing government action in shaping public policies through new laws.
To combat climate change, the government must legislate with strong environmental policies.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Positive
Legislate doesn't imply the laws are good or bad, just that they are made.
Sometimes governments legislate in haste, resulting in ineffective laws.
Pro Tip 3/3Action Process
Implies an ongoing process, not just the final act of law creation.
Lawmakers are currently legislating on the new tax reforms.
Pro Tip 1/3Policy Influence
Used when describing government action in shaping public policies through new laws.
To combat climate change, the government must legislate with strong environmental policies.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Positive
Legislate doesn't imply the laws are good or bad, just that they are made.
Sometimes governments legislate in haste, resulting in ineffective laws.
Pro Tip 3/3Action Process
Implies an ongoing process, not just the final act of law creation.
Lawmakers are currently legislating on the new tax reforms.
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3 ways to spot a bad...
how can we observe discrimination, let alone fix it? In other How can a government create fair policies if they can't measure current levels of unfairness? This isn't just about discrimination, it's everything -- think about it. How can we legislate on health care if we don't have good data on health or poverty?
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The alliances needed to...
made today that simply are not acceptable and are not supported by the majority of societies so what is it that we can do to change it and I think the first thing is to accept that it is a responsibility of everyone secondly that it is not just government that can legislate this out of existence
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The laws that sex...
You can agree with all that -- I do -- and still think prohibition is a terrible policy. In a better, more equal world, maybe there would be far fewer people selling sex to survive, but you can't simply legislate a better world into existence. If someone needs to sell sex because they're poor
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Why we need gender-neutra...
And I shouldn't have to use the men's room because I'm not a man. I'm a trans person. And now we've got these fearmongering politicians that keep trying to pass these bathroom bills. Have you heard about these? They try to legislate to try and force people like myself
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What did democracy...
that vastly different regimes claim to embody it. At the same time, some share Plato's skepticism about the wisdom of crowds. Many modern democracies reconcile this conflict by having citizens elect those they consider qualified to legislate on their behalf.
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3 ways businesses can...
And so while the billboards are great for raising awareness generally, they're just not enough to put an end to this problem. I believe that if we're going to be serious about sex trafficking, we can't legislate or arrest our way out of modern-day slavery.
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Thousands of Cranes Take...
and the u.s actually legislated to protect them and other native birds santo cranes can be hunted they in fact are hunted in almost all states except nebraska where we are now but it's always under strict conditions so i think the the success of these
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Steven Pinker: What our...
Now, this is one model of how language comes to namely, it's legislated by an academy. But anyone who looks at language realizes that this is a rather silly conceit,
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Suzanne Talhouk: Don't...
That's why they legislate to protect their language. They make it sacred. That's why they use it in production, they pay a lot of money to develop it.
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Lessons on leaving the...
Wales is a small but progressive country, the only country in the world to have legislated to protect the interests of future generations,
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3 ways to spot a bad...
how can we observe discrimination, let alone fix it? In other How can a government create fair policies if they can't measure current levels of unfairness? This isn't just about discrimination, it's everything -- think about it. How can we legislate on health care if we don't have good data on health or poverty?
Video examples
The alliances needed to...
made today that simply are not acceptable and are not supported by the majority of societies so what is it that we can do to change it and I think the first thing is to accept that it is a responsibility of everyone secondly that it is not just government that can legislate this out of existence
Video examples
The laws that sex...
You can agree with all that -- I do -- and still think prohibition is a terrible policy. In a better, more equal world, maybe there would be far fewer people selling sex to survive, but you can't simply legislate a better world into existence. If someone needs to sell sex because they're poor
Video examples
Why we need gender-neutra...
And I shouldn't have to use the men's room because I'm not a man. I'm a trans person. And now we've got these fearmongering politicians that keep trying to pass these bathroom bills. Have you heard about these? They try to legislate to try and force people like myself
Video examples
What did democracy...
that vastly different regimes claim to embody it. At the same time, some share Plato's skepticism about the wisdom of crowds. Many modern democracies reconcile this conflict by having citizens elect those they consider qualified to legislate on their behalf.
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3 ways businesses can...
And so while the billboards are great for raising awareness generally, they're just not enough to put an end to this problem. I believe that if we're going to be serious about sex trafficking, we can't legislate or arrest our way out of modern-day slavery.
Video examples
Thousands of Cranes Take...
and the u.s actually legislated to protect them and other native birds santo cranes can be hunted they in fact are hunted in almost all states except nebraska where we are now but it's always under strict conditions so i think the the success of these
Video examples
Steven Pinker: What our...
Now, this is one model of how language comes to namely, it's legislated by an academy. But anyone who looks at language realizes that this is a rather silly conceit,
Video examples
Suzanne Talhouk: Don't...
That's why they legislate to protect their language. They make it sacred. That's why they use it in production, they pay a lot of money to develop it.
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Lessons on leaving the...
Wales is a small but progressive country, the only country in the world to have legislated to protect the interests of future generations,
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Sanjaya Baru
Indian Public Servant
There are any number of socially relevant causes that publicly minded individuals may feel strongly about. In a democracy, it is for the government of the day to legislate laws to deal with such issues. Not for courts to issue advisories and declare criminal what may often be normal economic activity protecting livelihoods.
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Warren Spector
American Designer
Whatever adults don't understand, because they didn't grow up with it, is the thing they're going to be afraid of and try to legislate out of existence. It happened with videogames, it happened with television, it happened with pinball parlours and rock and roll.
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Athol Fugard
South African Playwright
You can't legislate into existence an act of forgiveness and a true confession; those are mysteries of the human heart, and they occur between one individual and another individual, not a panel of judges sitting asking questions, trying to test your truth.
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Judith Martin
American Author
I am a traditionalist, and I'm an innovator. Most of what I do is to weigh change and legislate to the best of my ability on what should change and what should not. Do I have a respect for tradition? Of course I do. Do I have a blind belief in it? No.
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Rick Stein
English Chef
In Australia you're not allowed to go down to the beach and eat anything from the rocks. You just can't do it - help yourself to mussels and things like that because there's hardly any left and the government has now legislated against it.
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Ben Okri
Nigerian Poet
The acknowledged legislators of the world take the world as given. They dislike mysteries, for mysteries cannot be coded, or legislated, and wonder cannot be made into law. And so these legislators police the accepted frontiers of things.
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Tom Douglas
American Chef
It's hard to legislate what people eat. People are getting fed up with being told what they can and can't do. It boils down to personal responsibility. People need to read labels, do their research and act accordingly.
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Nick Harkaway
English Novelist
With true free speech has to come an understanding of when and when not to use it. But you can't legislate that. It must be voluntary - especially in a world where a whisper can reach a million people in an eye blink.
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Jonathan Zittrain
American Educator
How an individual's reputation is protected online is too important and subtle a policy matter to be legislated by a high court, which is institutionally mismatched to the evolving intricacies of the online world.
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Bill Bradley
American Politician
Legislating is a very human experience in which trust and mutual respect play critical roles.
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Sanjaya Baru
Indian Public Servant
There are any number of socially relevant causes that publicly minded individuals may feel strongly about. In a democracy, it is for the government of the day to legislate laws to deal with such issues. Not for courts to issue advisories and declare criminal what may often be normal economic activity protecting livelihoods.
Quote examples
Warren Spector
American Designer
Whatever adults don't understand, because they didn't grow up with it, is the thing they're going to be afraid of and try to legislate out of existence. It happened with videogames, it happened with television, it happened with pinball parlours and rock and roll.
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Athol Fugard
South African Playwright
You can't legislate into existence an act of forgiveness and a true confession; those are mysteries of the human heart, and they occur between one individual and another individual, not a panel of judges sitting asking questions, trying to test your truth.
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Judith Martin
American Author
I am a traditionalist, and I'm an innovator. Most of what I do is to weigh change and legislate to the best of my ability on what should change and what should not. Do I have a respect for tradition? Of course I do. Do I have a blind belief in it? No.
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Rick Stein
English Chef
In Australia you're not allowed to go down to the beach and eat anything from the rocks. You just can't do it - help yourself to mussels and things like that because there's hardly any left and the government has now legislated against it.
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Ben Okri
Nigerian Poet
The acknowledged legislators of the world take the world as given. They dislike mysteries, for mysteries cannot be coded, or legislated, and wonder cannot be made into law. And so these legislators police the accepted frontiers of things.
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Tom Douglas
American Chef
It's hard to legislate what people eat. People are getting fed up with being told what they can and can't do. It boils down to personal responsibility. People need to read labels, do their research and act accordingly.
Quote examples
Nick Harkaway
English Novelist
With true free speech has to come an understanding of when and when not to use it. But you can't legislate that. It must be voluntary - especially in a world where a whisper can reach a million people in an eye blink.
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Jonathan Zittrain
American Educator
How an individual's reputation is protected online is too important and subtle a policy matter to be legislated by a high court, which is institutionally mismatched to the evolving intricacies of the online world.
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Bill Bradley
American Politician
Legislating is a very human experience in which trust and mutual respect play critical roles.
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