Synonym: admissible, authorized, just, lawful, legal, rightful, sound, valid. Antonym: illegitimate. Similar words: ultimate, intimate, estimate, estimated, ultimately, legit, climate, approximately. Meaning: [lɪ'dʒɪtɪmət] 
v. 1. make legal 2. show or affirm to be just and legitimate 3. make (an illegitimate child) legitimate; declare the legitimacy of (someone). adj. 1. of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful 2. based on known statements or events or conditions 3. in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principles 4. authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law.
v. 1. make legal 2. show or affirm to be just and legitimate 3. make (an illegitimate child) legitimate; declare the legitimacy of (someone). adj. 1. of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful 2. based on known statements or events or conditions 3. in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principles 4. authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law. 
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1. That's a perfectly legitimate question.
2. It seemed a perfectly legitimate question.
3. Politicians are legitimate targets for satire.
4. The army must give power back to the legitimate government.
5. The government will not seek to disrupt the legitimate business activities of the defendant.
6. Some players see injuring their opponent as a legitimate tactic.
7. Is his business strictly legitimate?
8. The law says this is quite legitimate.
9. Their business operations are perfectly legitimate.
10. They had a legitimate grievance.
11. Sickness is a legitimate reason for asking for leave.
12. The empire could not cohere as a legitimate whole.
13. You can claim back the tax on legitimate business expenses.
14. He claimed that the restaurant bill was a legitimate business expense.
15. We must not shrink from the legitimate use of force if we are to remain credible.
16. There can never be any legitimate basis for police officers to fit up suspects they "know" to be guilty.
17. Her passport seemed legitimate, but on closer inspection,(Sentencedict) it was found to have been altered.
18. Most doctors appear to recognize homeopathy as a legitimate form of medicine.
19. The New York Times has a legitimate claim to be a national newspaper.
20. It should be legitimate to use cannabis for medical purposes.
21. Anyone dismissed because of their race has legitimate grounds for complaint.
22. Most scientists believe it is legitimate to use animals in medical research.
23. That's a perfectly legitimate fear.
24. The broader question was whether that attitude was legitimate.
25. He had a legitimate reason for being late.
26. The reasons for this we consider to be legitimate business affairs.
27. In peacetime, the business became legitimate and was fueled by a consumer boom.
28. We only married in order that the child should be legitimate.
29. Furthermore, he had the brains and the strength of character to graduate from rebel leader to legitimate president.
30. Elsie offered him an escape and, more importantly, it was a legitimate escape.
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