Meaning

le·git·i·mate\li-ˈji-tə-mət\

adjective

: allowed according to rules or laws

: real, accepted, or official

: fair or reasonable

Full Definition

1 a : lawfully begotten; specifically : born in wedlock

b : having full filial rights and obligations by birth <a legitimate child>

2 : being exactly as purposed : neither spurious nor false <a legitimate grievance> <a legitimate
practitioner>

3 a : accordant with law or with established legal forms and requirements <a legitimate government>

b : ruling by or based on the strict principle of hereditary right <a legitimate king>

4 : conforming to recognized principles or accepted rules and standards <a legitimate advertising
expenditure> <a legitimate inference>

5 : relating to plays acted by professional actors but not including revues, burlesque, or some forms of
musical comedy <the legitimate theater>

synonyms see lawful

le·git·i·mate·ly adverb

Origin: Middle English legitimat, from Medieval Latin legitimatus, past participle of legitimare to
legitimate, from Latin legitimus legitimate, from leg-, lex law.

First use: 15th century

Synonyms: lawful, legit [slang], legal, licit

Antonyms: illegal, illegitimate, illicit, lawless, unlawful, wrongful

le·git·i·mate\li-ˈji-tə-ˌmāt\

: to make (something) real, accepted, or official

: to show that (something or someone) is fair or reasonable

Full Definition

transitive verb

: to make (someone or something) legitimate (see 1legitimate ):

a (1) : to give legal status or authorization to (2) : to show or affirm to be justified (3) : to lend authority
or respectability to

b : to give (a child born out of wedlock) the same legal status as a child born in wedlock

Other forms: le·git·i·mat·ed; le·git·i·mat·ing

le·git·i·ma·tion \li-ˌji-tə-ˈmā-shən\ noun

le·git·i·mat·or \li-ˈji-tə-ˌmā-tər\ noun

Origin: (see 1legitimate ).

First use: 1531

Synonyms: lawful, legit [slang], legal, licit

Antonyms: illegal, illegitimate, illicit, lawless, unlawful, wrongful

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lo·cale\lō-ˈkal\

noun

: the place where something happens : the place where a story happens in a movie, book, etc.

Full Definition

1 : a place or locality especially when viewed in relation to a particular event or characteristic

2 : site, scene <the locale of a story>

Examples

we found an ideal locale for our annual picnic

the movie's locale is ambiguous, though the architecture and dress are suggestive of 19th-century
Europe

Origin: modification of French local, from local, adjective.

First use: 1772

Synonyms: emplacement, place, locality, location, locus, point, position, site, spot, venue, where

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phe·nom·e·non\fi-ˈnä-mə-ˌnän, -nən\

noun

: something (such as an interesting fact or event) that can be observed and studied and that typically is
unusual or difficult to understand or explain fully

: someone or something that is very impressive or popular especially because of an unusual ability or
quality

Full Definition

1 plural phenomena : an observable fact or event

2 plural phenomena

a : an object or aspect known through the senses rather than by thought or intuition

b : a temporal or spatiotemporal object of sensory experience as distinguished from a noumenon

c : a fact or event of scientific interest susceptible to scientific description and explanation

3 a : a rare or significant fact or event

b plural phenomenons : an exceptional, unusual, or abnormal person, thing, or occurrence

usage see phenomena

Other forms: plural phe·nom·e·na \-nə, -ˌnä\ or phe·nom·e·nons

Examples

our jaws dropped when we saw this basketball phenomenon play for the first time

Origin: Late Latin phaenomenon, from Greek phainomenon, from neuter of phainomenos, present
participle of phainesthai to appear, middle voice of phainein to show — more at fancy.

First use: 1605

Synonyms: caution, flash, marvel, miracle, wonder, portent, prodigy, sensation, splendor

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