noun (plural legacies)
1 money or property that is given to you by sb when they die:
They each received a legacy of ｣5000.
2 a situation that exists now because of events, actions, etc. that took place in the past:
The problems were made worse by the legacy of centuries of neglect. * Future generations will be left with a legacy of pollution and destruction.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for legacy is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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