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- pronunciation:
- li
g
 l
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of or relating to law.
He decided to go into the legal profession.I can't understand the legal language in this document.- synonyms:
- juridical, jurisprudential
- similar words:
- forensic, judicial, lawful
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| definition 2: |
authorized or permitted by law.
She had to prove that she was the legal owner of the car.Buying that type of weapon is not a legal act in that country.Their divorce will not be legal until all the documents are filed with the clerk.
- synonyms:
- admissible, lawful, legitimate, licit, valid
- antonyms:
- criminal, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, unlawful, wrongful
- similar words:
- de jure, rightful, sanctioned
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| related words: |
admissible, canonical, formal, inherent, permissible, true |
adverb + (adj.)legal
perfectly
(adj.)legal
+ noun
abortion,
action,
adoption,
advice,
adviser,
advisor,
affair,
aid,
alien,
analyst,
argument,
assistance,
authority,
barrier,
basis,
battle,
brief,
challenge,
claim,
constraint,
correspondent,
counsel,
custody,
defense,
definition,
discrimination,
dispute,
distinction,
doctrine,
document,
entity,
equality,
ethics,
expense,
expert,
expertise,
fee,
fight,
framework,
fund,
gambling,
guardian,
hurdle,
immigrant,
immigration,
implication,
issue,
jurisdiction,
justification,
liability,
limbo,
limit,
loophole,
mandate,
maneuver,
maneuvering,
norm,
obligation,
obstacle,
pad,
precedent,
procedure,
profession,
prohibition,
protection,
reasoning,
recognition,
recourse,
reform,
regime,
remedy,
representation,
requirement,
resident,
restriction,
right,
ruling,
scholar,
scholarship,
segregation,
separation,
service,
settlement,
standing,
standpoint,
status,
system,
tactic,
technicality,
thriller,
wrangling
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| derivation: |
legally (adv.) |
The word legal
contains the following parts:
leg1
Latin
root
that means law
  Example words:
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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