legacy

Plurallegacies

1. 1
   nouncountable

   Something passed down to us from people or events in the past.

   Like a family recipe passed down from grandparents to grandchildren.

   The old stone bridge is a legacy from the town's first settlers.

   Her kindness was the greatest legacy she left her children.

   Similarheritage

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2. 2
   nouncountable

   Money or things left to a person in someone's will.

   Like a gift that someone arranges for you to receive after they die.

   Her uncle left her a small legacy of two thousand dollars.

   He used the legacy from his aunt to pay for college.

   Similarbequest, inheritance

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3. 3
   adjective

   Old and from an earlier time, not the newest kind, but still being used.

   Like an old phone that still works but can't run the newest apps.

   The company still runs some legacy software on its older computers.

   We need to replace this legacy system before it stops working.

   Similarold, outdated, aging

   Oppositemodern, new, current

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4. 4
   nouncountable

   A student whose parent or relative went to the same school, given an easier chance to get in.

   Like getting an easier chance because your family went there before you.

   As a legacy, she had a better chance of getting into her mother's college.

   Many legacies apply to the same university their parents attended.

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