legacy (redirected from legacies)

leg·a·cy  (lg-s)

n. pl. leg·a·cies

1. Money or property bequeathed to another by will.

2. Something handed down from an ancestor or a predecessor or from the past: a legacy of religious freedom. See Synonyms at heritage.

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[Middle English legacie, office of a deputy, from Old French, from Medieval Latin lgtia, from Latin lgtus, past participle of lgre, to depute, bequeath; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]

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legacy [ˈlɛgəsɪ]

n pl -cies

1. (Law) a gift by will, esp of money or personal property

2. (Law) something handed down or received from an ancestor or predecessor

3. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) (modifier) surviving computer systems, hardware, or software legacy network legacy application

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

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

legacy - (law) a gift of personal property by will bequest law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" inheritance, heritage - that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner gift - something acquired without compensation

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legacy

noun

1. bequest, inheritance, endowment, gift, estate, devise (Law), heirloom You could make a real difference to someone's life by leaving them a generous legacy.

2. heritage, tradition, inheritance, throwback, birthright, patrimony the `fight or flight syndrome' is a legacy from the days of our ancestors

3. repercussion, result, fruit, consequences, aftermath a programme to overcome the legacy of inequality created by Apartheid

Translations

legacy [ˈlegəsɪ] N → legado m (fig) → legado m, herencia f
this inflation is a legacy of the previous government → esta inflación es un legado del gobierno anterior

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legacy [ˈlɛgəsi] n

(fig) → héritage m
the legacy of Colonialism → l'héritage du colonialisme
the legacy of inequality and injustice created by Apartheid → l'héritage d'inégalité et d'injustice laissé par l'apartheid

(in will) → héritage m, legs m
to leave sb a legacy → faire un legs à qn, laisser un héritage à qn

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legacy

n (lit, fig) → Erbschaft f, → Vermächtnis nt; (fig also) → Erbe nt; (fig pej) → Hinterlassenschaft f; to leave somebody a legacy of something (fig) → jdm etw hinterlassen; our legacy to future generations must not be a polluted world → wir dürfen den zukünftigen Generationen keine verschmutzte Welt hinterlassen; the tragedy left a legacy of bitterness → die Tragödie hinterließ Bitterkeit

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legacy [ˈlɛgəsɪ] n → eredità f inv (fig) → retaggio

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legacy

n legacy [ˈlegəsi]

something left in a will by someone who has died He was left a legacy by his great-aunt. erflating ميراث завещание odkaz arv das Vermächtnis κληρονομιά herencia pärand ماترک؛ میراث perintö héritage יְרוּשָׁה पैत्रिक सम्पत्ति, परम्परा में प्राप्त nasljeđe örökség warisan arfur lascito 遺産 유산 palikimas novēlējums; mantojums harta pusaka erfenis arv zapis, spadek, dziedzictwo legado moş­te­­nire наследство odkaz zapuščina zaveštanje arv, testamentarisk gåva มรดก miras, kalıt 遺贈物 спадщина میراث tài sản thừa kế 遗赠物