legitimate

/lɪˈdʒɪtəmɪt/

意味: 合法と認める、正当化する

例文: Kai tried to legitimate the flying broom.
　　  カイは空飛ぶほうきの正当性を証明しようとした。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: legitimate business(合法的なビジネス), legitimate reason(正当な理由), legitimate authority(正当な権限)

定義: 合法的な、正当な、または認められたという意味です。法律や規則に従っていることを示します。何かが正しい、または許可されているときに使われます。

legitimateは約60,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Verb: make legal
Verb: show or affirm to be just and legitimate
Verb: make (an illegitimate child) legitimate; declare the legitimacy of (someone)
Adjective: of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful
Adjective: based on known statements or events or conditions
Adjective: in accordance with recognized or accepted standards or principles
Adjective: authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Verb, Adjective

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The company has a legitimate reason for the price increase.(その会社には値上げの正当な理由がある。)
She gave a legitimate excuse for being late.(彼女は遅刻の正当な言い訳をした。)
His claim to the property is legitimate and well-documented.(彼の財産の権利は正当でしっかり証明されている。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: Marijuana should be legalized
Verb: They legitimized their natural child
Adjective: rain was a logical expectation, given the time of year
Adjective: legitimate advertising practices
Adjective: a legitimate government

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): decriminalise, decriminalize, lawful, legalise, legalize, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise, legitimize, licit, logical

Antonyms(反意語): criminalise, criminalize, illegitimate, outlaw

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): change, justify, permit

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): accelerate, acerbate, acetylate, achromatize, activate, adjust, admit, affect, age, alchemize, alcoholize, alkalinize, allegorize, allow, alter, americanize, angulate, animize, antiquate, antique, archaize, arterialize, ash, assimilate, authorize, automatize, awaken, barb, barbarize, bestialize, better, blind, blister, blunt, blur, boil, break, break down, brighten, bring, brutalize, bubble, calcify, camp, capture, cause to sleep, centralize, change intensity, change taste, charge, chasten, check, circularize, civilize, clarify, classicize, clean, clear, clot, cloud, coarsen, cohere, color, commercialize, communize, commute, complicate, condense, confuse, constitutionalize, contaminate, conventionalize, convert, cook, cool, corrupt, counterchange, crack, cry, customize, damage, darken, de-emphasize, deaden, deaminate, decarboxylate, decelerate, decentralize, decimalize, decorate, decrease, decrepitate, deflate, deform, dehydrogenate, demagnetize, demist, democratize, demonize, demulsify, demythologize, denationalize, denaturalize, denature, deodorize, depersonalize, depolarize, desensitize, destabilize, detransitivize, devalue, develop, devilize, digest, digitize, dinge, dirty, disable, discolor, disharmonize, disintegrate, disorder, disqualify, dissimilate, dissolve, diversify, dizzy, domesticate, dope, draw, dry, dull, dynamize, ease up, edit, embrittle, empty, emulsify, enable, end, equal, eroticize, estrange, etherealize, etiolate, europeanize, evaporate, even, excite, excuse, extend, exteriorize, fatten, feminize, fertilize, fill, fix, flatten, flocculate, freeze, frenchify, full, furlough, gelatinize, give, glamorize, glorify, habituate, harmonize, harshen, heat, hue, humanize, humble, hydrogenate, immaterialize, immortalize, inactivate, incandesce, increase, indispose, industrialize, inflate, inform, inseminate, insulate, intensify, internationalize, introvert, invalidate, invert, iodinate, ionate, islamize, isomerize, laicize, legalize, legitimate, lend, liberalize, lifehack, lift, liquefy, loosen, louden, lower, lubricate, magnetize, make, mark, masculinize, mechanize, militarize, mince, mix, morph, muddy, mythologize, nationalize, naturalize, nazify, neutralize, nick, normalize, obfuscate, obscure, occidentalize, officialize, opacify, opalize, opsonize, orientalize, ossify, outmode, oxidize, oxygenize, paganize, pall, parallel, patent, personalize, piggyback, plasticize, poison, polarize, politicize, port, privilege, professionalize, proof, prostrate, purify, put, radicalize, rarefy, rationalize, recombine, recommend, reconstruct, refine, reflate, reform, refresh, relax, remodel, restore, revolutionize, right, ripen, romanticize, round off, rusticate, sanitize, saponify, saturate, sauce, schematize, scramble, sensitize, sentimentalize, set, sexualize, shade, shake, shallow, shape, sharpen, shift, shorten, simplify, slenderize, smut, sober, socialize, soften, solemnize, solvate, spice, spike, sputter, stabilize, stain, steepen, stiffen, still, straighten, strengthen, string, substitute, suburbanize, supercharge, supple, suspend, sweeten, switch, symmetrize, synchronize, tame, tender, tense, territorialize, thicken, think, tighten, tone down, touch, transaminate, transfigure, transform, transitivize, translate, transmute, transpose, trust, turn, turn back, uglify, unclutter, uniformize, unite, unsanctify, unscramble, unsex, untie, untune, urbanize, validate, variegate, vascularize, ventilate, verbify, vesiculate, visualize, vitalize, vitrify, vivify, volatilize, vulgarise, warm, weaken, weaponize, wet, widen, worsen

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): monetize

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: lawfulness, legalisation, legalization, legitimacy, legitimation, licitness, logicality, logicalness

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

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Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

英検準1級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1, Holes

Movies(映画):

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

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