{
    "term": "legislature",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a group of people who have the power to make and change laws",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a democratically elected legislature"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **national/state legislature**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is the youngest woman to be elected to the national legislature."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The legislature comprises a 212-member Chamber of Deputies elected for a four-year term."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The legislature passed a law to prohibit the dumping of nuclear waste."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The legislature voted narrowly to table a motion of no confidence in the government."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Each province has its own elected governor and legislature."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Law and justice", "Politics"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["bicameral", "unicameral", "109-member"],
                "verb + legislature": ["be elected to"],
                "legislature + verb": [
                    "approve something",
                    "enact something",
                    "pass something"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈledʒɪslətʃə(r)/",
                "audio": "le/legislature/legislature__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈledʒɪsleɪtʃər/",
                "audio": "le/legislature/legislature__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 17th cent.: from legislation, on the pattern of judicature."
}