how to pronounce legitimate
/ləˈdʒɪt.ə.mət/
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legitimate is pronounced in four syllables
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An example use of legitimate in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… and because that's not legitimate this …”
meaning of legitimate
Legitimate means legally authorized or sanctioned.
legitimate frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR
the word legitimate occurs in english on average 15.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
topics legitimate 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 legitimate can be often used in the following areas:
1) communication, information, and media;
2) people, society, and culture;
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