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How to pronounce “legitimate”
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Pronunciation guide for legitimate
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of legitimate with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Who-doku: Sudoku with Personality
okay that's not a legitimate phrase but
- Definition summary
- In accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce legitimate
Who-doku: Sudoku with Personality

okay that's not a legitimate phrase but
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “legitimate”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- In accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements.
- Conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards; valid.
- Authentic, real, genuine.
- Marital.
- Relating to hereditary rights.
- Belonging or relating to the legitimate theater.
- [Noun]
- A person born to a legally married couple.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; especially, to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means. [from 1590]
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