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noun. a gift by will, esp of money or personal property. something handed down or received from an ancestor or predecessor. modifier surviving computer systems, hardware, or software. legacy network. legacy application.
LEGACY definition: 1. money or property that you receive from someone after they die: 2. something that is a part of…. Learn more.
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."
Define legacy. legacy synonyms, legacy pronunciation, legacy translation, English dictionary definition of legacy. n. pl. leg·a·cies 1. Money or property given to another by will. 2. Something handed down from an ancestor or a predecessor or from the past: a legacy of...
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)
Check pronunciation: legacy. Definition of legacy noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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 ...
