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granted
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /???ænt?d/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?????nt?d/
Verb
granted
- simple past tense and past participle of grant
- He was granted a patent on his invention.
Adverb
granted (not comparable)
- Used to concede a point, often before stating some contrasting information.
- He's a good student and usually does well. Granted, he did fail that one test, but I think there were good reasons for that.
- "You haven't been a very good father." "Granted."
Synonyms
- admittedly
Translations
Adjective
granted (not comparable)
- used to mark the premise of a syllogistic argument
- Granted that he has done nothing wrong, he should be set free.
- Granted the lack of evidence, we can make no such conclusion.
Synonyms
- (used to mark the premise of an argument): given
Translations
See also
- take for granted
Anagrams
- drag-net, dragnet
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legitimate
English
Etymology
From Middle English legitimat, legytymat, from Medieval Latin l?gitimatus, perfect passive participle of Latin l?gitim? (“make legal”), from Latin l?gitimus (“lawful”), originally "fixed by law, in line with the law," from Latin l?x (“law”). Originally "lawfully begotten".
The verb was derived from the adjective by conversion.
Pronunciation
- (adjective, noun) IPA(key): /l??d??t?m?t/, /l??d??t?m?t/
- (verb) IPA(key): /l??d??t?me?t/
Adjective
legitimate (comparative more legitimate, superlative most legitimate)
- In accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements.
- Synonyms: lawful, legal
- Antonym: illegitimate
- Conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards; valid.
- Tillotson still keeps his place as a legitimate English classic.
- Authentic, real, genuine.
- Antonym: illegitimate
- Antonym: false
- Lawfully begotten, i.e., born to a legally married couple. [from mid-14th century]
- Synonym: rightful
- Antonym: illegitimate
- Relating to hereditary rights.
Translations
Noun
legitimate (plural legitimates)
- A person born to a legally married couple.
Antonyms
- bastard
- illegitimate
Verb
legitimate (third-person singular simple present legitimates, present participle legitimating, simple past and past participle legitimated)
- (transitive) To make legitimate, lawful, or valid; especially, to put in the position or state of a legitimate person before the law, by legal means. [from 1590]
Usage notes
- Forms of legitimize are about twice as common as forms of the verb legitimate in the US.
- Forms of legitimate are somewhat more common than the forms of the verbs legitimize and legitimise (combined) in the UK.
Synonyms
- legitimize
Derived terms
- delegitimate
Translations
References
- legitimate at OneLook Dictionary Search
- legitimate in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- legitimate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “legitimate”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Latin
Adjective
l?gitim?te
- vocative masculine singular of l?gitim?tus
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