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WordBand 6.5–8Academic (NAWL)
legitimate
/ləˈdʒɪtɪmət/
adjective1 of 2
being reasonable and sound
- “They can be legitimate, but I wonder how useful they are.”Tatoeba
- “We consider public libraries a legitimate citizen's right.”Tatoeba
Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.
noun2 of 2
A person born to a legally married couple.
Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))