Meaning

5 senses
  1. (informal, uncountable)The legal department of a company or organization.

    Legal wants this in writing.

  2. (countable)A spy who is attached to, and ostensibly employed by, an embassy, military outpost, etc.

  3. (US, countable, informal)One who immigrated lawfully.

  4. (Canada, US, uncountable)Of paper or document layouts, measuring 8+¹⁄₂ × 14 inches (216 × 356 mm).

  5. (Philippines, countable, uncountable)Of paper or document layouts, measuring 8+¹⁄₂ × 13 inches (216 × 330 mm).

Examples

323 sentences
  1. What Tom is doing isn't legal.

    Те, що робить Том, — незаконно. — deniko

    ruТо, что Том делает, незаконно. — marafon

  2. Tom probably doesn't know what he did wasn't legal.

    Том, мабуть, не знає, що те, що він зробив, — незаконно. — deniko

  3. I think that's legal.

    Мені здається, це законно. — deniko

    ruДумаю, это законно. — marafon

  4. This isn't legal.

    Це незаконно. — deniko

    ruЭто незаконно. — odexed

    deDas ist nicht legal. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. How legal is that?

    Наскільки це законно? — deniko

Origin

Learned borrowing from Latin lēgālis (“legal”), from lēx (“law”). Doublet of loyal and lea

Learned borrowing from Latin lēgālis (“legal”), from lēx (“law”). Doublet of loyal and leal.

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Forms

plural: legals
Singularlegal
Plurallegals

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Derivedlegal-size

Collocations

4 patterns
  • perfectly legal
  • doing wasn't legal
  • legal advice
  • isn't legal to

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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