legal B1 Topic:Law & Government US /ˈli.ɡəl/ UK /ˈliː.ɡəl/ See IPA manual Freq #1869 Meanings 1 adj Allowed or required by law. It is not legal to drive without a licence. 2 adj Relating to the law or to lawyers. She needs legal advice about the contract. 3 adj Following the rules of a system, such as a game. If you have no legal move but are not in check, the game is a draw. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · allowed or required by law. lawfullegitimatelicit Word family Derived forms antilegalcounterlegalcyberlegaldentolegalextralegalhyperlegalintralegaljuridico-legallaggerlegal-eselegal-sizelegalese Common collocations legal system Adjective + noun legal residence Adjective + noun legal separation Adjective + noun legal loophole Adjective + noun legal technicality Adjective + noun Etymology AI details Learned borrowing from Latin lēgālis (“legal”), from lēx (“law”). Doublet of loyal and leal. lēgālis Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Law & Government External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # legal **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈli.ɡəl/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈliː.ɡəl/ **Frequency rank:** 1869 ## Meanings 1. Allowed or required by law. 2. Relating to the law or to lawyers. 3. Following the rules of a system, such as a game. ## Examples - It is not legal to drive without a licence. - She needs legal advice about the contract. - If you have no legal move but are not in check, the game is a draw. ## Derived Forms - antilegal - counterlegal - cyberlegal - dentolegal - extralegal - hyperlegal - intralegal - juridico-legal - lagger - legal-ese - legal-size - legalese ## Roots and Affixes - Root: lēgālis ## Etymology Learned borrowing from Latin lēgālis (“legal”), from lēx (“law”). Doublet of loyal and leal. ## AI Etymology Legal Learned borrowing from Latin lēgālis (“legal”), from lēx (“law”). Doublet of loyal and leal. ## Topics - Law & Government markdown