legacy
/ˈlɛɡəsi/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.37 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Money or property bequeathed to someone in a will.
noun
Something inherited from a predecessor or the past.
noun
The descendant of an alumnus, given preference in academic admissions.
Example Sentences
- "John Muir left as his legacy an enduring spirit of respect for the environment."
- "During the first year or so of British Railways, some of the simpler and more obvious inter-regional transfers of outlying sections were effected, such as those of the London, Tilbury & Southend Railway from the London Midland Region to the Eastern Region; the South Wales lines of the former L.M.S.R. to the Western Region; the Carlisle-Silloth branch (an L.N.E.R. legacy of a North British "border raid") to the London Midland, and so on."
- "And judging by how well the progressive and youth-favoured party did, many observers suspect this latest round of legal charges are a response to Future Forward's commitment to undo the legacy of military rule and undertake democratic reforms."
- "As the country reckons with how to prevent more children from being killed at school, the legacies of the Parkland victims live on."
- "Because she was a legacy, her mother's sorority rushed her."
- "They have no idea what occurs in the network or its topology, and all of the services remain dependent on it — a very legacy approach to creating services in the optical network."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈlɛɡəsi/
- British English: /ˈlɛɡəsi/