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legitimate
[ adjective noun li-jit-uh-mit; verb li-jit-uh-meyt ]
adjective
- according to law; lawful:
the property's legitimate owner.
Synonyms: ,
Antonyms:
- in accordance with established rules, principles, or standards.
Synonyms:
- born in wedlock or of legally married parents:
legitimate children.
- in accordance with the laws of reasoning; logically inferable; logical:
a legitimate conclusion.
Synonyms:
- resting on or ruling by the principle of hereditary right:
a legitimate sovereign.
- not spurious or unjustified; genuine:
It was a legitimate complaint.
- of the normal or regular type or kind.
- Theater. of or relating to professionally produced stage plays, as distinguished from burlesque, vaudeville, television, motion pictures, etc.:
an actor in the legitimate theater.
verb (used with object)
- to make lawful or legal; pronounce or state as lawful:
Parliament legitimated his accession to the throne.
Synonyms:
- to establish as lawfully born:
His bastard children were afterward legitimated by law.
- to show or declare to be legitimate or proper:
He was under obligation to legitimate his commission.
- to justify; sanction or authorize:
His behavior was legitimated by custom.
noun
- the legitimate, the legitimate theater or drama.
- a person who is established as being legitimate.
legitimate
adjective
- born in lawful wedlock; enjoying full filial rights
- conforming to established standards of usage, behaviour, etc
- based on correct or acceptable principles of reasoning
- reasonable, sensible, or valid
a legitimate question
- authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law
- of, relating to, or ruling by hereditary right
a legitimate monarch
- of or relating to a body of famous long-established plays as distinct from films, television, vaudeville, etc
the legitimate theatre
verb
- tr to make, pronounce, or show to be legitimate
Derived Forms
- ˈپٱ, adverb
- ˈپ, noun
- ˌپˈپDz, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·i·ٱ· adverb
- ·i·ٱ·Ա noun
- ·i·tDz noun
- l·i·ٱ verb (used with object) delegitimated delegitimating
- de·i·tDz noun
- ԴDzl·i·ٱ adjective
- post·i·tDz noun
- ܲȴ-·i·ٱ adjective
- quasi-·i·ٱ· adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of legitimate1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of legitimate1
Example Sentences
They lost even though Austin Reaves had a breakout season as a scorer worthy of giving the Lakers a legitimate Big Three.
All of the deposits, he said, were reimbursements for his legitimate out-of-pocket expenses for the tournaments.
Seemingly not trusting anyone under 70 with power — and refusing to acknowledge the legitimate concerns about aging and inevitable decline— has been tried.
He admitted the protesters had legitimate concerns about the finance bill but said: "We cannot have a country that also is led through anarchy and mayhem."
It also showed them their potential as a legitimate car club.
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