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LEGACY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(law) a gift of personal property by will
Synonyms:
bequest; legacy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("legacy" is a kind of...):
heritage; inheritance (that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner)
gift (something acquired without compensation)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Context examples:
These studies allow us to affirm that the construction of megalithic landscapes is probably one of the most long‑lasting and powerful legacies of past societies and that, for millennia, these monuments were the scene for social interaction and the encounter with supernatural powers.
(The necropolis of El Barranquete in Níjar (Almería), proven to have been used for funerary rituals throughout the Bronze Age, University of Granada)
The findings imply that the present-day distribution of life's diversity on Earth is not necessarily driven by recent climate or human impacts; legacies of the ancient past continue to structure patterns of life on Earth today.
(Connecting the prehistoric past to the global future, National Science Foundation)
I need not narrate in detail the further struggles I had, and arguments I used, to get matters regarding the legacy settled as I wished.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
The ancient astrologers used to call the tenth house the house of dignity and pointed to this house as reflective of the contribution you would ultimately leave as your legacy.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
This asteroid — about the size of Ceres, one of the largest asteroids in the Solar System — smashed into Mars, ripped off a chunk of the northern hemisphere and left behind a legacy of metallic elements in the planet's interior.
(Ancient Asteroid Impact Explains Martian Geological Mysteries, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A valuable legacy indeed!
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
In astrology, this area is not only the place we move up in our career, but also build a lasting legacy—in other words, the ultimate contribution you make to the world during your lifetime.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
He had just compunction enough for having done nothing for his sisters himself, to be exceedingly anxious that everybody else should do a great deal; and an offer from Colonel Brandon, or a legacy from Mrs. Jennings, was the easiest means of atoning for his own neglect.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
And it was from Cody that he inherited money—a legacy of twenty-five thousand dollars.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
