Legacy
noun
Something handed down by a predecessor.
The environmentalists are concerned about the industrial legacy of the past decades.
Often appears as...
- leave a legacy
- legacy of the past
noun
Something left to a person in a will.
She left a significant monetary legacy to her grandson in her will.
Often appears as...
- inherit a legacy
- bequeath a legacy
noun
A system, or piece of software, that has been inherited from the past.
Programmers often have to deal with legacy code when updating software.
Often appears as...
- legacy system
- legacy code
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Technical
noun
A student or alumnus of a school, college, or university who is related to someone who also attended that institution.
Yale University has been criticized for its policy of giving preferential admission to legacies.
Often appears as...
- legacy admission
- legacy student
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Academic
noun
Something handed down by a predecessor.
The environmentalists are concerned about the industrial legacy of the past decades.
Often appears as...
- leave a legacy
- legacy of the past
noun
Something left to a person in a will.
She left a significant monetary legacy to her grandson in her will.
Often appears as...
- inherit a legacy
- bequeath a legacy
noun
A system, or piece of software, that has been inherited from the past.
Programmers often have to deal with legacy code when updating software.
Often appears as...
- legacy system
- legacy code
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A student or alumnus of a school, college, or university who is related to someone who also attended that institution.
Yale University has been criticized for its policy of giving preferential admission to legacies.
Often appears as...
- legacy admission
- legacy student
Usage tips
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Historical Impact
Refers to effects or situations in the present that are a result of actions from the past.
The country's colonial legacy influences its modern cultural diversity.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive or Negative
Legacy can have both positive and negative connotations, depending on the context.
She struggled to overcome the negative legacy of her family's past actions.
Pro Tip 3/3Perspective Matters
What's considered a legacy can vary greatly depending on who is evaluating the past.
To some, the new policy was a burden; to others, it was a valuable legacy.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Impact
Refers to effects or situations in the present that are a result of actions from the past.
The country's colonial legacy influences its modern cultural diversity.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive or Negative
Legacy can have both positive and negative connotations, depending on the context.
She struggled to overcome the negative legacy of her family's past actions.
Pro Tip 3/3Perspective Matters
What's considered a legacy can vary greatly depending on who is evaluating the past.
To some, the new policy was a burden; to others, it was a valuable legacy.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Impact
Refers to effects or situations in the present that are a result of actions from the past.
The country's colonial legacy influences its modern cultural diversity.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive or Negative
Legacy can have both positive and negative connotations, depending on the context.
She struggled to overcome the negative legacy of her family's past actions.
Pro Tip 3/3Perspective Matters
What's considered a legacy can vary greatly depending on who is evaluating the past.
To some, the new policy was a burden; to others, it was a valuable legacy.
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The incredible history...
to securing his historical legacy because he was obsessed with his mortality. He spent his last years desperately employing alchemists and deploying expeditions in search of elixirs of life that would help him achieve immortality. And as early as the first year of his reign,
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How Magellan circumnaviga...
An obsessive chronicler, Pigafetta described the lands and people they encountered. With the help of a humble slave, he also compiled the world's first phrase book of native languages. His journal is the reason we can tell this story. Magellan's legacy lingers.
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Stories: Legacies of who...
and we should go down to a board meeting and tell them that want to have advanced classes for A through G requirements." So, I tell you this story today in honor of the legacy of young people that have come before, so that they will have guideposts and signs
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Nathalie Cabrol: How...
it is going to give us a standard by which we are going to be able to measure the life potential, abundance and diversity beyond our own solar system. And this can be achieved by our generation. This can be our legacy, but only if we dare to explore.
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Is DNA the future of...
or the sum of humanity's knowledge into forests and across continents. Perhaps even into the far reaches of space. Though we might one day disappear, perhaps our legacy can still live on, if anyone would think to find it.
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Nelson Mandela's Legacy...
the places that mark mandela's life have become pilgrimage sites where people remember the man who brought them freedom as you go around south africa you could see his legacy right there in front of you it doesn't
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The Atlantic slave...
Slavery, the treatment of human beings as property, deprived of personal rights, has occurred in many forms throughout the world. But one institution stands out for both its global scale and its lasting legacy.
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Exotic Castaways Of...
after the last ice age rising sea levels gradually cut it off so trinidad is now a caribbean island with a unique legacy of mainland life scarlet ibis are found around the deltas
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The exceptional life of...
On the day of his funeral, his house mysteriously burned down, and the majority of his life's work, including his striking clock, was destroyed. But still, his legacy lives on.
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What forgiveness can...
though something special about this gun so I Tola but you can come to help us you can only come to partner with us I was painfully aware of the legacy of
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The incredible history...
to securing his historical legacy because he was obsessed with his mortality. He spent his last years desperately employing alchemists and deploying expeditions in search of elixirs of life that would help him achieve immortality. And as early as the first year of his reign,
Video examples
How Magellan circumnaviga...
An obsessive chronicler, Pigafetta described the lands and people they encountered. With the help of a humble slave, he also compiled the world's first phrase book of native languages. His journal is the reason we can tell this story. Magellan's legacy lingers.
Video examples
Stories: Legacies of who...
and we should go down to a board meeting and tell them that want to have advanced classes for A through G requirements." So, I tell you this story today in honor of the legacy of young people that have come before, so that they will have guideposts and signs
Video examples
Nathalie Cabrol: How...
it is going to give us a standard by which we are going to be able to measure the life potential, abundance and diversity beyond our own solar system. And this can be achieved by our generation. This can be our legacy, but only if we dare to explore.
Video examples
Is DNA the future of...
or the sum of humanity's knowledge into forests and across continents. Perhaps even into the far reaches of space. Though we might one day disappear, perhaps our legacy can still live on, if anyone would think to find it.
Video examples
Nelson Mandela's Legacy...
the places that mark mandela's life have become pilgrimage sites where people remember the man who brought them freedom as you go around south africa you could see his legacy right there in front of you it doesn't
Video examples
The Atlantic slave...
Slavery, the treatment of human beings as property, deprived of personal rights, has occurred in many forms throughout the world. But one institution stands out for both its global scale and its lasting legacy.
Video examples
Exotic Castaways Of...
after the last ice age rising sea levels gradually cut it off so trinidad is now a caribbean island with a unique legacy of mainland life scarlet ibis are found around the deltas
Video examples
The exceptional life of...
On the day of his funeral, his house mysteriously burned down, and the majority of his life's work, including his striking clock, was destroyed. But still, his legacy lives on.
Video examples
What forgiveness can...
though something special about this gun so I Tola but you can come to help us you can only come to partner with us I was painfully aware of the legacy of
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David Bowie
English Musician
But I've got to think of myself as the luckiest guy. Robert Johnson only had one album's worth of work as his legacy. That's all that life allowed him.
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.
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Hillary Clinton
American Politician
I don't think about a legacy; I think about my life, because I've had quite an unpredictable life.
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Alyssa Edwards
American Entertainer
Drag Race' is a movement. I'll be forever grateful that I left my legacy.
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Bob Baffert
American Celebrity
I want to protect my legacy. I've trained great horses.
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Michael Gerber
American Writer
Every life a legacy, every small business a school.
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Andrew Forrest
Australian Businessman
I'm never looking at life in terms of legacy.
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Bret Easton Ellis
American Author
I do not feel I have a legacy to protect.
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Mariette Hartley
American Actress
My life was a legacy of death and humor.
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Andre Ward
American Athlete
My legacy is so, so important to me.
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David Bowie
English Musician
But I've got to think of myself as the luckiest guy. Robert Johnson only had one album's worth of work as his legacy. That's all that life allowed him.
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Taylor Swift
American Singer
No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.
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Hillary Clinton
American Politician
I don't think about a legacy; I think about my life, because I've had quite an unpredictable life.
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Alyssa Edwards
American Entertainer
Drag Race' is a movement. I'll be forever grateful that I left my legacy.
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Bob Baffert
American Celebrity
I want to protect my legacy. I've trained great horses.
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Michael Gerber
American Writer
Every life a legacy, every small business a school.
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Andrew Forrest
Australian Businessman
I'm never looking at life in terms of legacy.
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Bret Easton Ellis
American Author
I do not feel I have a legacy to protect.
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Mariette Hartley
American Actress
My life was a legacy of death and humor.
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Andre Ward
American Athlete
My legacy is so, so important to me.
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