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legitimate

/ləˈdʒɪtɪmət/

An illustration for legitimate

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))

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