legitimate basis

collocation in English

meaningsoflegitimateandbasis

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legitimate
adjective
uk
/ləˈdʒɪt.ə.mət/us
/ləˈdʒɪt̬.ə.mət/
allowed ...
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basis
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbeɪ.sɪs/us
/ˈbeɪ.sɪs/
the most important facts, ideas, etc. from which something ...
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(Definition oflegitimateandbasisfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflegitimate basis

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This should not form alegitimatebasisfor negating the link between interpretation and process.
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It is possible that this is alegitimatebasisfor awarding the bonus, but that justification must be distinguished from the one based on the actual value of the gift.
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There is nolegitimatebasisfor these charges.
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That is surely the onlylegitimatebasisfor political controversy in a country such as ours.
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There is no doubt that he, the customer, would much prefer a range of low fares to be made available on a whollylegitimatebasis.
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What we have to do is to give these people who hold the power alegitimatebasisfor it.
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Removing list inflation means that payments will be redistributed within the profession on a morelegitimatebasisbut there will be no overall saving.
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This is for other activities that take place on what some people would consider a somewhat doubtfullegitimatebasis.
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The new clause is alegitimatebasisfor debate.
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However, data derived from this database and its predecessors have been made available to bona fide researchers and others with alegitimatebasisfor their inquiry.
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Punishment for long past sins is not alegitimatebasisfor imposing a forward-looking preventative measure that has already served its purpose.
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It neither exists in nature nor provides alegitimatebasisfor rational thought...
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It shares the general nationalist ideology, that the nation is a fundamental unit of human social life, that it is the onlylegitimatebasisfor the state.
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