how to pronounce legit

/ˈlɛdʒɪt/

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legit is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of legit in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… this is legit this says the American …”

meaning of legit

Legit means legitimate, legal, or proper.

legit frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word legit occurs in english on average 3.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics legit can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that legit can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;