legacy

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/ˈlɛɡəsi/

noun 3adj 1

Collocations

(noun.) money/property

ADJ

generous, large | small

VERB + LEGACY

bequeath (sb), leave (sb)

get, receive

After her grandmother passed away, Maria got a valuable legacy that changed her life completely.

PREP

in a/the ~

His grandfather's house came to him in a legacy after many years.

~ from

She inherited a valuable art collection as a legacy from her grandmother.

PHRASES

heir to a legacy

My grandfather's musical talent became a legacy that his grandchildren inherited and cherished.

(noun.) result of previous events

ADJ

enduring

historical

The country's difficult historical legacy continues to shape its politics today.

bitter, grim

VERB + LEGACY

bequeath (sb), leave (sb), leave behind

The famous musician left behind a legacy that inspired generations of artists around the world.

PREP

~ from

The old building is a legacy from the city's industrial past.

Definitions

noun

Money or property bequeathed to someone in a will.

Something inherited from a predecessor or the past.

John Muir left as his legacy an enduring spirit of respect for the environment.

During the first year or so of British Railways, some of the simpler and more obvious inter-regional transfers of outlying sections were effected, such as those of the London, Tilbury & Southend Railway from the London Midland Region to the Eastern Region; the South Wales lines of the former L.M.S.R. to the Western Region; the Carlisle-Silloth branch (an L.N.E.R. legacy of a North British "border raid") to the London Midland, and so on.

The descendant of an alumnus, given preference in academic admissions.

Because she was a legacy, her mother's sorority rushed her.

adj

Left over from the past; old and no longer current.

They have no idea what occurs in the network or its topology, and all of the services remain dependent on it — a very legacy approach to creating services in the optical network.

However, pre-relational DBMS are legacy.

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Synonyms

noun — (law) a gift of personal property by will

bequest

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

John Muir left as his legacy an enduring spirit of respect for the environment.

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And judging by how well the progressive and youth-favoured party did, many observers suspect this latest round of legal charges are a response to Future Forward's commitment to undo the legacy of mili

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They have no idea what occurs in the network or its topology, and all of the services remain dependent on it — a very legacy approach to creating services in the optical network.

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However, pre-relational DBMS are legacy.

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Finally, the organisation ends up with an expensive ERP of which it uses only part because of divergent evolutionary directions and a set of new systems fast becoming legacy.

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