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# legacy

noun (a legacy, legacies)

«legacy» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A legacy is money or property left to someone by a person who has died. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legacy/#m1)
2. Something that stays after a person or event is gone, such as their ideas, buildings or effects: «his legacy». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legacy/#m2)
3. (computing) Legacy systems are old technology still in use. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legacy/#m3)

### In the lessons

Used in history (the legacy of the Romans), news and family stories. Phrases: «leave a legacy», «a lasting legacy». It tells the reader something remains from the past.

### Examples

- The Romans' legacy includes roads and bridges. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legacy/#x1)
- Her grandfather left her a small legacy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legacy/#x2)
- The coach's legacy is a winning team. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legacy/#x3)
- Plastic pollution is a harmful legacy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legacy/#x4)
- The scientist left a legacy of discoveries. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legacy/#x5)
- The school wants to leave a good legacy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legacy/#x6)
- Well, just such a cupboard stood in a parlor, and had been left to the family as a legacy by the great-grandmother. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legacy/#x7)

### Note

Plural: legacies. Not the same as «legend». Formal-ish; «inheritance» is the money sense too.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «legacy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/legacy/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«legacy» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/legacy.html) on Mova free.