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- pronunciation:
- le
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si
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noun |
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legacies |
| definition 1: |
A person's legacy is something that that person leaves behind when they die. It is something that they did or created, or something that people remember about them, or the image of that person that people still carry in their minds. A person's legacy is something that continues to have an influence or impact on the people who live on after them.
This great library is the legacy of a very rich man who wanted to do something good for the people of this city.It was difficult for Liam being the son of a famous criminal. Even after his father's death, his father's legacy haunted him.- similar words:
- gift
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| definition 2: |
If someone receives a legacy, they receive a certain thing from a person who has died. A legacy is often an amount of money or an amount of property.
Mr. Jones received a small legacy from his uncle when his uncle passed away. It was money in the amount of one thousand dollars.- synonyms:
- estate, inheritance
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| related words: |
grant |
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