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legislation
Noun
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Legislation is the official laws and rules of a government.
City council is planning new legislation regarding recycling.
This new crime law is a very important piece of legislation.
The legislation in Taiwan says that to be legally married the couple will need to be above the age of eighteen.'.
Congress approved several pieces of legislation.
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Legislation is the process of making and passing laws.
The government has the power of legislation.
by
Preposition
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near or next to.
The mailbox is by the bus stop.
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at some time before (the given time).
Be back by ten o'clock!
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if something is done by somebody, it is done through their action
The matter was decided by the chairman.
The boat was swamped by the water.
He was protected by his body armour.
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if something is created by somebody, they are the creator, author, etc.
There are many well-known plays by William Shakespeare.
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shows how someone does something
I avoided the guards by moving only when they weren't looking.
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using the rules or logic of.
I sorted the items by category.
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with a change of. In this case, by shows how much something has changed.
Our stock is up by ten percent.
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shows how slowly, or how quickly, someone does something (used in the form "X by X" or "by Xs")
We went through the book page by page.
We crawled forward by inches.
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If you multiply mathx/math by mathy/math, you multiply mathx/math × mathy/math.
Five multiplied by seven is 35.
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If you divide mathx/math by mathy/math, you find how many mathy/maths are in mathx/math.
35 divided by seven is five.
reference
Noun
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A reference is something that can be compared to.
When making your model, use the model I created as a reference.
reference
Verb
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When you reference something, you cite it as a source.
Reference the dictionary for the definition of this word.
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When you reference something, you mention it.