legitimate question

collocation in English

meaningsoflegitimateandquestion

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legitimate
adjective
uk
/ləˈdʒɪt.ə.mət/us
/ləˈdʒɪt̬.ə.mət/
allowed ...
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question
noun
uk
/ˈkwes.tʃən/us
/ˈkwes.tʃən/
a sentence or phrase used to find ...
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(Definition oflegitimateandquestionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflegitimate question

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This is alegitimatequestion, which the editors are right to emphasize.
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This is alegitimatequestion.
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That is a serious andlegitimatequestion.
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Again, that is an entirelylegitimatequestion.
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That is a whollylegitimatequestion.
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That is alegitimatequestionto ask.
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I asked a perfectlylegitimatequestion.
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It was deemed alegitimatequestion.
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That is a fair andlegitimatequestion.
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I think that is alegitimatequestion.
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It is a verylegitimatequestion.
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It is a perfectlylegitimatequestion.
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It is alegitimatequestionto ask.
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That was alegitimatequestionof concern.
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That is a perfectlylegitimatequestion.
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It is indeed alegitimatequestion.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
This is alegitimatequestionto ask.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is alegitimatequestion, is it not?
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
It is of course an entirelylegitimatequestion.
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There are two answers to thatlegitimatequestion.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
They are legitimate anxieties and it is alegitimatequestion.
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That is a perfectlylegitimatequestionto ask.
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It is a perfectlylegitimatequestionproperly raised.
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That seems to me alegitimatequestionto put.
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I believe that is a perfectlylegitimatequestionto raise.
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These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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