legitimate role

collocation in English

meaningsoflegitimateandrole

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legitimate
adjective
uk
/ləˈdʒɪt.ə.mət/us
/ləˈdʒɪt̬.ə.mət/
allowed ...
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role
noun[C]
uk
/rəʊl/us
/roʊl/
the position or purpose that someone or something has in a situation, organization, society, ...
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(Definition oflegitimateandrolefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflegitimate role

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And disputes about what the courts should do are disputes about the morallylegitimateroleof courts-and not disputes about the criteria of legal validity.
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Brief alcohol intervention is alegitimateroleof the general practitioner when carried out in an appropriate context.
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First, some will question whether bioethicists have alegitimaterolein advocacy.
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That is not a constitutional challenge, but the entirelylegitimateroleof a second chamber.
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The press has a valid andlegitimaterolein drawing attention to the facts.
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I think that everyone is agreed that advisers have alegitimaterole.
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Private finance has alegitimateroleto play in some of our major public sector contracts.
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That is alegitimaterole, and he cannot have it both ways.
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The clearing banks needed only to fulfil theirlegitimaterolein the short-term debt or working capital end of the market.
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There is alegitimaterolealso for peer-reviewed minority scientific opinions.
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They made it absolutely clear that they saw nolegitimaterolefor servicing the capital provided to third world countries through private banking institutions.
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It is now clear that they want to destroy them completely and to deny them theirlegitimaterole.
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In a sense we must weigh thelegitimateroleof government by invitation within our system of law.
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There is alegitimaterolefor local authorities to play in providing direct financial assistance to new and expanding companies.
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That partnership will respect thelegitimateroleof each of the tiers.
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I am not disagreeing that that process may have alegitimaterole; that is not the point.
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In that context and to achieve that target, energy taxes have alegitimateroleto play.
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I do not believe that a water company has alegitimateroleinvesting in a speculative bid for a television company.
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It also has alegitimaterolein containment.
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