legitimate debate

collocation in English

meaningsoflegitimateanddebate

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legitimate
adjective
uk
/ləˈdʒɪt.ə.mət/us
/ləˈdʒɪt̬.ə.mət/
allowed ...
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debate
noun
uk
/dɪˈbeɪt/us
/dɪˈbeɪt/
(a) serious discussion of a subject in which many people ...
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(Definition oflegitimateanddebatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflegitimate debate

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All those matters are forlegitimatedebateand review.
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There is room forlegitimatedebateabout the nuclear costs of the stations which are to follow.
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It is hard to dispute the existence of that superiority, but its extent is a matter forlegitimatedebate.
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We are a meat-eating society; we could have alegitimatedebateabout whether that is right.
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What is alegitimatedebateis what should be a key or non-key feature of the scheme.
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The setting up of a constitutional commission to consider these issues is a matter forlegitimatedebate.
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Of course, there can be alegitimatedebateabout what is an acceptable range of salaries.
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It would be laughable were it not clearly intended to preventlegitimatedebate.
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The method of achieving that benefit is a matter forlegitimatedebate.
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We hadlegitimatedebateon all those matters.
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I deplore the foreclosure oflegitimatedebateby whomsoever it is proposed.
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That is alegitimatedebatein which there can be legitimate disagreements.
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He accepted that there was alegitimatedebateabout that, however, and he will issue guidance.
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The report says that the purpose of programming is to enhancelegitimatedebateand scrutiny.
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As regards the main point of his supplementary question, there is an area oflegitimatedebatehere.
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There will always be room forlegitimatedebateabout the details.
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That, however, is a matter forlegitimatedebate.
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I am not prejudging what is a matter forlegitimatedebate.
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There is alegitimatedebatebetween parties about priorities.
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For a party which believes very much in decentralised decision-making, this is a verylegitimatedebate.
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