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  1. us / ˈleɡ.ə.si / uk / ˈleɡ.ə.si /. Add to word list. Add to word list. C2. money or property that you receive from someone after they die: An elderly cousin had left her a small legacy. C2. something that is a part of your history or that remains from an earlier time: The Greeks have a rich legacy of literature.

  2. LEGACY definition: 1. money or property that you receive from someone after they die: 2. something that is a part of…. Learn more.

  3. Use the word, legacy, for something handed down from one generation to the next. A retiring company president might leave a legacy of honesty and integrity. Legacy comes from the Latin verb, legare "to appoint by a last will, send as an ambassador."

  4. legacy noun [C] (MONEY) money or buildings, etc that you receive after someone dies: On the death of his father, he received a small legacy. (Definition of legacy from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

  5. Check pronunciation: legacy. Definition of legacy noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  6. Oct 18, 2023 · Of a person: not in receipt of a legacy; to whom no bequest is made. Formerly also: †(of property, etc.) not given or left as a legacy (obsolete).

  7. legacy. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English leg‧a‧cy1 /ˈleɡəsi/ noun (plural legacies) [ countable] 1 something that happens or exists as a result of things that happened at an earlier time legacy of The invasion left a legacy of hatred and fear. legacy from a legacy from the colonial period 2 money or property that you ...

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