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legacies

legacies is the plural of legacy.

Meaning of legacy

Noun

legacy (plural legacies)

  1. Money or property bequeathed to someone in a will.
  2. Something inherited from a predecessor or the past.
    • John Muir left as his legacy an enduring spirit of respect for the environment.
    Synonyms:
    heritage
  3. The descendant of an alumnus, given preference in academic admissions.
    • Because she was a legacy, her mother's sorority rushed her.

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Phrases with legacies

Questions about legacies

What is legacies the plural of?
Legacies is the plural of legacy.

Words near legacies in the dictionary

  1. leg-warmers
  2. leg-work
  3. leg.
  4. Lega
  5. legable
  6. legacies
  7. legacy
  8. legacy code
  9. legacy hunter
  10. legacy hunters
  11. legacy media

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Adapted from Wiktionary: legacies (page history and authors); legacy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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