legacy

Speech parts

1. legacy - Noun

2. legacy - Adjective

Meaning

A gift of property by will, esp. of money or personal property; a bequest. Also Fig.; as, a legacy of dishonor or disease.

A business with which one is intrusted by another; a commission; -- obsolete, except in the phrases last legacy, dying legacy, and the like.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bequest effect endowment patrimony consequence contribution succession heritage inheritance residue heirloom repercussion tradition barth mark
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Antonyms

nova new current basis recent taproot
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Hypernyms

gift heritage inheritance

Phrases with the word

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Derivatives

legacies

Anagrams

Cagley gaycel

Examples

No legacy is so rich as honesty. William Shakespeare

The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example. Benjamin Disraeli

But Hillary Clinton's legacy does not have to be America's legacy. The problems we face now – poverty and violence at home, war and destruction abroad – will last only as long as we continue relying on the same politicians who created them in the first place. Donald Trump

Hopefully, I brought people a certain joy. That will be a wonderful legacy. Julie Andrews

The virtue of parents is in itself a great legacy. Italian Proverb

If it is not stolen, it is a legacy. Mexican Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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