legit

adjective le·git \ li-ˈjit \

Updated on: 17 Apr 2018

Definition of legit

slang

: legitimate

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Examples of legit in a Sentence

What she's doing is perfectly legit.
All I want is a legit chance to succeed.

Recent Examples of legit from the Web

Oregon State is the only ranked team not to have faced a top 25 opponent this season, and Missouri State is legit.

— ron richmond for the oregonian/oregonlive, OregonLive.com, "After recent struggles, No. 11 Oregon State baseball looks to rebound at Missouri State," 11 Apr. 2018
One of the others chortled; his friend explained: Dude, there’s, like, a legit Iranian sitting right there.

— rachel z. arndt, Longreads, "Rules for Departure," 11 Apr. 2018
There’s even a legit dealer present to oversee each event.

— jennifer fernandez, ELLE Decor, "Here's Why Playing Poker Is The Best Way To Spend Your Next Ladies Night," 2 Apr. 2018
Throughout this tournament, Loyola’s ball movement has been a marvel and its defense, beyond legit.

— mike jensen, Philly.com, "Michigan-Loyola Chicago preview: A different stage for Ramblers," 30 Mar. 2018
Finally, Miss Vanessa’s husband stumbled onto a website for a clinical trial that seemed legit, something underway at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg-Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, just down the road from their home.

— greg kahn, Smithsonian, "Could Immunotherapy Lead the Way to Fighting Cancer?," 22 Mar. 2018
Trouble is, what in the real world is legit social interaction with few strings attached becomes, in the virtual one, an intricate and heavily mediated transaction.

— ted anthony, The Christian Science Monitor, "Facebook: Take the virtual community with its corporate flaws or leave it?," 21 Mar. 2018
Because it’s based on a platform that’s been on-sale in Australia since 2011, and because Australia is a market with exceptionally high demand for legit off-road capability, there’s already a thriving market for aftermarket upgrades.

— wes siler, Outside Online, "The Best New Adventuremobiles of 2018," 19 Mar. 2018
If the buzz about Cousins looking at $30 million per year is legit — on the heels of the very real and new money that Jimmy Garoppolo received from the 49ers ($27.5 million per year) — imagine what Brees could have commanded on the open market.

— jarrett bell, USA TODAY, "For Drew Brees, returning to Saints wasn't all about the money," 13 Mar. 2018

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