Vocabulary
Enactment
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
the process of passing legislation.
Urdu meaning
قانون کا اجرا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- EID-ul-Azha is a re-enactment of the moment when Abraham surrendered to God`s command and prepared to sacrifice his beloved son Ismail.
- Provincial legislation for municipal bond authority needs enactment alongside establishing provincial finance commissions with district-level finance awards that provide predictable revenue sharing.
- Modi in the current re-enactment of the epic has followers who indulge his claims of divinity.
- Since the enactment of the 2009 Governance Order, successive political governments have prioritised job creation for political workers over establishing a robust administrative structure accountable to an elected assembly.
- Subsequently, the enactment of the Sindh Employees Old-Age Benefits Act, 2014, caused further complications because employers in Sindh got confused as to which law was to be followed.
Synonyms
passing, making law, ratification, ratifying, validation, validating, sanction, sanctioning
Curator example
“the enactment of equal pay legislation”
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