legitimate meaning
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[lɪˈdʒɪtɪmət] [ləˈdʒɪtɪmət] [ləˈdʒɪtɪmeɪt] - VerbSGlegitimatesPRlegitimatingPT, PPlegitimatedSUF-mate
- AdjectiveCOMmore legitimateSUPmost legitimate
- In accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements; lawful.
- Rodwell was sent off by referee Martin Atkinson - who has shown 15 red cards since the start of last season - after 23 minutes for what appeared to be a legitimate challenge on Suarez.
- Conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards; valid.
- legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard or method
- Authentic, real, genuine.
- legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions
- Lawfully begotten, i.e., born to a legally married couple.
- Relating to hereditary rights.
- In accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements; lawful.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- ... explicitly clear, in the way that 10 Downing Street has made it clear in the case of city academies, that it is perfectly legitimate to put people in the House of Lords ...
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of legitimate in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "legitimate" is an adjective. It's also a verb.