lawlike

law

L l

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [law]
- /lɔ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [law]
- /lɔ/

Definitions of lawlike word

noun lawlike the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision. 1
noun lawlike any written or positive rule or collection of rules prescribed under the authority of the state or nation, as by the people in its constitution. Compare bylaw, statute law. 1
noun lawlike the controlling influence of such rules; the condition of society brought about by their observance: maintaining law and order. 1
noun lawlike a system or collection of such rules. 1
noun lawlike the department of knowledge concerned with these rules; jurisprudence: to study law. 1
noun lawlike the body of such rules concerned with a particular subject or derived from a particular source: commercial law. 1

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Origin of lawlike

First appearance:

before 1000

One of the 6% oldest English words

before 1000; Middle English law(e), lagh(e), Old English lagu < Old Norse *lagu, early plural of lag layer, stratum, a laying in order, fixed tune, (in collective sense) law; akin to lay1, lie2

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Parts of speech for Lawlike

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adjective

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adverb

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exclamation

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lawlike popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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