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legacy

[ leg-uh-see ]

noun

, plural leg·a·cies.
  1. Law. a gift of property, especially personal property, such as money, by will; a bequest.

    Synonyms: inheritance

  2. anything handed down from the past, as from an ancestor or predecessor:

    the legacy of ancient Rome.

    Synonyms: inheritance

  3. an applicant to or student at the alma mater of their parent or parents:

    As a legacy, he worried that professors would expect him to be less qualified than his peers.

  4. Obsolete. the office, function, or commission of a legate.


adjective

  1. of or relating to old or outdated computer hardware, software, or data that, while still functional, does not work well with up-to-date systems:

    Legacy systems put you at greater risk of cyberattacks.

  2. of or relating to an existing system, process, or state of affairs inherited from the past and typically a burden:

    legacy pollutants;

    a legacy drainage system.

  3. being or relating to a university applicant or student whose parent or other close relative attended the same school:

    The admissions policies of most Ivy League schools favor legacy applicants.

legacy

/ ˈlɛɡəsɪ /

noun

  1. a gift by will, esp of money or personal property
  2. something handed down or received from an ancestor or predecessor
  3. modifier surviving computer systems, hardware, or software

    legacy network

    legacy application

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of legacy1

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English legacie “office of a deputy or legate,” from Medieval Latin lēgātia, from Latin lēgāt(us) “deputy” ( legate ) + -ia, noun suffix ( -acy )
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Word History and Origins

Origin of legacy1

C14 (meaning: office of a legate), C15 (meaning: bequest): from Medieval Latin lēgātia commission; see legate
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Example Sentences

Even as he built an environmental legacy, Tanton was privately thinking more and more not just about the size of the population but about how to preserve what he described as the distinctiveness of European people.

From Salon

Kolankiewicz, for one, was fascinated by studies of the carbon legacy of families — the emerging notion that a person’s carbon footprint would multiply through generations and that the best way to reduce emissions was to have one less child.

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“These legacy series, they’re big-screen movies, they deserve to come back,” said David A. Gross, who publishes the FranchiseRe movie industry newsletter.

And so far, these decades-later legacy sequels — or “lega-sequels” — have helped boost a box office still recovering from the pandemic and fewer big titles due to last year’s dual Hollywood strikes.

He said Mr McGreanery’s killing had been “unjustified and unjustifiable” adding that the case “highlights the value and merit of such legacy civil actions in truth recovery and obtaining justice”.

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