"legacy" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈlɛɡəsi/, /ˈleɪɡəsi/ (note: some US dialects) Audio: en-us-legacy.ogg [US]
Etymology: From Middle English legacie, from Old French legacie and Medieval Latin lēgātia, from Latin lēgātum. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|legacie}} Middle English legacie, {{der|en|fro|legacie}} Old French legacie, {{der|en|ML.|lēgātia}} Medieval Latin lēgātia, {{der|en|la|lego|lēgātum}} Latin lēgātum Head templates: {{en-adj|?}} legacy
  1. Left over from the past; no longer current. Derived forms: demonstrative legacy, legacy code, legacy-free, legacy hunter, legacy media, legacy Oscar, legacy student, legacy system Translations (left behind, old or no longer in active use): vanha (Finnish), vanhentunut (Finnish), hinterlassen (German), vererbt (German), tradiert (German), Alt- (German), vecchio (Italian), abbandonato (Italian), foreldet (Norwegian), moștenit (Romanian), унасле́дованный (unaslédovannyj) (Russian), starudija [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-legacy-en-adj-hyvXVEMd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 23 6 17

Noun

IPA: /ˈlɛɡəsi/, /ˈleɪɡəsi/ (note: some US dialects) Audio: en-us-legacy.ogg [US] Forms: legacies [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English legacie, from Old French legacie and Medieval Latin lēgātia, from Latin lēgātum. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|legacie}} Middle English legacie, {{der|en|fro|legacie}} Old French legacie, {{der|en|ML.|lēgātia}} Medieval Latin lēgātia, {{der|en|la|lego|lēgātum}} Latin lēgātum Head templates: {{en-noun}} legacy (plural legacies)
  1. (law) Money or property bequeathed to someone in a will. Categories (topical): Law Translations (money or property bequeathed to someone in a will): إرْث (ʔirṯ) [masculine] (Arabic), تَرِكَة (tarika) [feminine] (Arabic), ժառանգություն (žaṙangutʻyun) (Armenian), miras (Azerbaijani), мираҫ (miraś) (Bashkir), наследство (nasledstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), llegat [masculine] (Catalan), битам (bitam) (Chechen), даьхни (däxni) (Chechen), 遺產 (Chinese Mandarin), 遗产 (yíchǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), dědictví [neuter] (Czech), legaat [neuter] (Dutch), perintö (Finnish), legaatti (Finnish), legs [masculine] (French), Vermächtnis [neuter] (German), warisan (Indonesian), eredità (Italian), lascito (Italian), 遺産 (isan) (alt: いさん) (Japanese), erdansa (Kabuverdianu), 유산 (yusan) (Korean), мурас (muras) (Kyrgyz), lēgātum (Latin), arv [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), legat [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), zapis [masculine] (Polish), legado [masculine] (Portuguese), moștenire [feminine] (Romanian), насле́дство (naslédstvo) [neuter] (Russian), रेक्णस् (rekṇas) [neuter] (Sanskrit), nasl(j)edstvo [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), zav(j)eštanje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), legado [masculine] (Spanish), legat (Swedish), pamana (Tagalog), มรดก (mɔɔ-rá-dòk) (Thai), miras (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-legacy-en-noun-i9uLlHnI Topics: law Disambiguation of 'money or property bequeathed to someone in a will': 98 0 2
  2. Something inherited from a predecessor or the past. Synonyms: heritage Translations (something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage): κληρονομία (klēronomía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), ժառանգություն (žaṙangutʻyun) (Armenian), irs (Azerbaijani), miras (Azerbaijani), мираҫ (miraś) (Bashkir), наследство (nasledstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), llegat [masculine] (Catalan), битам (bitam) (Chechen), тӏаьхье (tʼäḥʳe) (Chechen), 遗产 (yíchǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), arv [common-gender] (Danish), erfgoed (Dutch), erfenis (Dutch), heredaĵo (Esperanto), pärand (Estonian), arvur (Faroese), perintö (Finnish), héritage [masculine] (French), legs [masculine] (French), Wirken [neuter] (German), Erbe [neuter] (German), Vermächtnis [neuter] (German), Hinterlassenschaft [feminine] (German), κληρονομιά (klironomiá) [feminine] (Greek), arfleifð [feminine] (Icelandic), legasi (Indonesian), warisan (Indonesian), eredità (Italian), retaggio [masculine] (Italian), lascito [masculine] (Italian), мурас (muras) (Kyrgyz), whakareretanga (Maori), arv [masculine] (Norwegian), arv (Norwegian Bokmål), arv (Norwegian Nynorsk), dziedzictwo [neuter] (Polish), spuścizna [feminine] (Polish), legado [masculine] (Portuguese), moștenire [feminine] (Romanian), насле́дие (naslédije) [neuter] (Russian), nasljeđe [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), nasleđe [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), legado [masculine] (Spanish), arv [neuter] (Swedish), pamana (Tagalog), มรดก (mɔɔ-rá-dòk) (Thai), miras (Turkish), eritaedje [masculine] (Walloon), eritance [feminine] (Walloon)
    Sense id: en-legacy-en-noun-qiiLJKPt Disambiguation of 'something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage': 1 91 9
  3. (education) The descendant of an alumnus, given preference in academic admissions. Categories (topical): Education Translations (the descendant of an alumnus): legat (Norwegian), legat (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-legacy-en-noun-3zfmmiac Topics: education Disambiguation of 'the descendant of an alumnus': 1 4 95

Inflected forms

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          "code": "es",
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          "_dis1": "98 0 2",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "money or property bequeathed to someone in a will",
          "word": "pamana"
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          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "mɔɔ-rá-dòk",
          "sense": "money or property bequeathed to someone in a will",
          "word": "มรดก"
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          "_dis1": "98 0 2",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
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          "text": "John Muir left as his legacy an enduring spirit of respect for the environment.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1951 April, D. S. Barrie, “British Railways: A Survey, 1948-1950”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 224",
          "text": "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.",
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        {
          "ref": "2019 April 6, Caleb Quinley, “Thailand: Anti-military party leader faces sedition charges”, in Al Jazeera, Doha: Al Jazeera, retrieved 2019-04-06",
          "text": "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.",
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          "word": "ժառանգություն"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 91 9",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
          "word": "irs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 91 9",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
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          "word": "miras"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 91 9",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
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          "word": "мираҫ"
        },
        {
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "nasledstvo",
          "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "наследство"
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          "lang": "Chechen",
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
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          "word": "heredaĵo"
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          "lang": "Estonian",
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          "word": "pärand"
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          "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
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          "word": "legs"
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          "_dis1": "1 91 9",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Wirken"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "money or property bequeathed to someone in a will",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dědictví"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "money or property bequeathed to someone in a will",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "legaat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "money or property bequeathed to someone in a will",
      "word": "perintö"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "money or property bequeathed to someone in a will",
      "word": "legaatti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "money or property bequeathed to someone in a will",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "legs"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "money or property bequeathed to someone in a will",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Vermächtnis"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "money or property bequeathed to someone in a will",
      "word": "warisan"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "money or property bequeathed to someone in a will",
      "word": "eredità"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "money or property bequeathed to someone in a will",
      "word": "lascito"
    },
    {
      "alt": "いさん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "isan",
      "sense": "money or property bequeathed to someone in a will",
      "word": "遺産"
    },
    {
      "code": "kea",
      "lang": "Kabuverdianu",
      "sense": "money or property bequeathed to someone in a will",
      "word": "erdansa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yusan",
      "sense": "money or property bequeathed to someone in a will",
      "word": "유산"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "muras",
      "sense": "money or property bequeathed to someone in a will",
      "word": "мурас"
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    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "money or property bequeathed to someone in a will",
      "word": "lēgātum"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "money or property bequeathed to someone in a will",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arv"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "money or property bequeathed to someone in a will",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "legat"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "money or property bequeathed to someone in a will",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zapis"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "money or property bequeathed to someone in a will",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "legado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "money or property bequeathed to someone in a will",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "moștenire"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naslédstvo",
      "sense": "money or property bequeathed to someone in a will",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "насле́дство"
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    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "rekṇas",
      "sense": "money or property bequeathed to someone in a will",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "रेक्णस्"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "money or property bequeathed to someone in a will",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "nasl(j)edstvo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "money or property bequeathed to someone in a will",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zav(j)eštanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "money or property bequeathed to someone in a will",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "legado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "money or property bequeathed to someone in a will",
      "word": "legat"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "money or property bequeathed to someone in a will",
      "word": "pamana"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "mɔɔ-rá-dòk",
      "sense": "money or property bequeathed to someone in a will",
      "word": "มรดก"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "money or property bequeathed to someone in a will",
      "word": "miras"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "žaṙangutʻyun",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "word": "ժառանգություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "word": "irs"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "word": "miras"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "miraś",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "word": "мираҫ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nasledstvo",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "наследство"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "llegat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ce",
      "lang": "Chechen",
      "roman": "bitam",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "word": "битам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ce",
      "lang": "Chechen",
      "roman": "tʼäḥʳe",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "word": "тӏаьхье"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yíchǎn",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "word": "遗产"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "arv"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "word": "erfgoed"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "word": "erfenis"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "word": "heredaĵo"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "word": "pärand"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "word": "arvur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "word": "perintö"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "héritage"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "legs"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Wirken"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Erbe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Vermächtnis"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hinterlassenschaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "klironomiá",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "grc",
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      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "arfleifð"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
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    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "word": "warisan"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "word": "eredità"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "retaggio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lascito"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "muras",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
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    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "word": "whakareretanga"
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    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arv"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "word": "arv"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "word": "arv"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dziedzictwo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spuścizna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "legado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "moștenire"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naslédije",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "насле́дие"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "nasljeđe"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "nasleđe"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "legado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "arv"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "word": "pamana"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "mɔɔ-rá-dòk",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "word": "มรดก"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "word": "miras"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eritaedje"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "something inherited from a predecessor; a heritage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eritance"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "the descendant of an alumnus",
      "word": "legat"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the descendant of an alumnus",
      "word": "legat"
    }
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    "legacy"
  ],
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}

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    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
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      "word": "demonstrative legacy"
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    {
      "word": "legacy code"
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    {
      "word": "legacy-free"
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    {
      "word": "legacy hunter"
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      "word": "legacy media"
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    {
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          "ref": "2000, International Engineering Consortium, The Emerging Optical Network, page 75",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "2003, Carlo Zaniolo, Peter C. Lockemann, Marc H. Scholl, Advances in Database Technology - EDBT 2000",
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        {
          "ref": "2006, Anne Gams Steine Asserson, Eduard J. Simons, Enabling Interaction and Quality: Beyond the Hanseatic League, page 118",
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        {
          "ref": "2008, CIO - 15 Feb 2008 Vol. 21, No. 9, page 49",
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        {
          "ref": "2009, Kerrie Meyler, Byron Holt, Greg Ramsey, System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2007 Unleashed",
          "text": "Because most of these HALs are legacy and only used on aging or outdated hardware, chances are that you do not have any in your lab and must be creative in procuring one from an active user.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Management Association, Software Design and Development",
          "text": "In practice, there are legacy or mature, domain specific, off the shelf (i.e. software that other software projects can reuse and integrate into their own products) tools that are used regularly by modeleres (e.g., for testing purposes, for communication and collaboration).",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "left behind, old or no longer in active use",
      "word": "vanha"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "left behind, old or no longer in active use",
      "word": "vanhentunut"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "left behind, old or no longer in active use",
      "word": "hinterlassen"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "left behind, old or no longer in active use",
      "word": "vererbt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "left behind, old or no longer in active use",
      "word": "tradiert"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "left behind, old or no longer in active use",
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "left behind, old or no longer in active use",
      "word": "vecchio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "left behind, old or no longer in active use",
      "word": "abbandonato"
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      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "left behind, old or no longer in active use",
      "word": "foreldet"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "left behind, old or no longer in active use",
      "word": "moștenit"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "unaslédovannyj",
      "sense": "left behind, old or no longer in active use",
      "word": "унасле́дованный"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "left behind, old or no longer in active use",
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