āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
legitimate
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legitimate
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āĻŦā§āĻ§, āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤
officially allowed or accepted according to the rules or laws that apply to a particular situation
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
His credentials were legitimate and met the requirements for the job.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĄā§āĻ¨āĻļāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ˛āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ§ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¤āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He had a legitimate reason for missing the meeting, as his car had broken down on the way.
āĻ¸āĻāĻž āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ§ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĨā§ āĻā§āĻā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
03
(of marriages or children) recognized as lawful or valid by law
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Only legitimate marriages are recorded in the official registry.
04
āĻŦā§āĻ§, āĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¸āĻā§āĻāĻ¤
having a lawful or reasonable basis
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The company 's actions were legitimate under current regulations.
āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŽ āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻāĻžāĻŖā§āĻĄ āĻŦā§āĻ§ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
to legitimate
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āĻŦā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to legally establish the parent-child relationship of a child born to unmarried parents, typically through court orders, or other formal processes
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
After years of legal battles, John successfully petitioned the court to legitimate his child and establish his parental rights.
āĻŦāĻāĻ°āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ˛āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°, āĻāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻĢāĻ˛āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨āĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¤āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ
āĻ§āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
to show, affirm, or recognize something as just, proper, or acceptable
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Scholars worked to legitimate the new theory within the scientific community.
03
āĻŦā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻŽāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to make something lawful or officially recognized by the appropriate legal authorities
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
In order to operate within the country, the multinational corporation had to undergo a series of procedures to legitimate its business activities.
āĻĻā§āĻļā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯, āĻŦāĻšā§āĻāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ¨āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻ¸āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ°āĻŽ āĻŦā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ§āĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
illegitimate
legitimately
legitimatize
legitimate
legitim
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