legitimate

Các nghĩa

1. hợp pháp

   In accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements.

   It's a legitimate worry.

   Which prince is the legitimate heir to the throne?

   The Mafia uses legitimate business operations as a front.

2. chính đáng, hợp lệ

   Conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards; valid.

   legitimate reasoning; a legitimate standard or method

   Tillotson still keeps his place as a legitimate English classic.

3. chính cống, thật

   Authentic, real, genuine.

   legitimate poems of Chaucer; legitimate inscriptions

4. hợp pháp (con cái)

   Lawfully begotten, i.e. born to a married couple or later legitimated.

5. hôn nhân hợp pháp

   Legally married.

   Besides his four legitimate wives, the caliph had dozens of concubines.

6. thuộc quyền thừa kế hợp pháp

   Relating to hereditary rights.

Dạng khác

• more legitimate comparative
• most legitimate superlative