noun Money or property left to someone in a will.
- She used her grandmother's legacy to start a small business.
- He was surprised to receive a small legacy from an uncle he barely knew.
- The solicitor explained that the legacy would be paid once the paperwork was finished.
noun Something handed down from the past, especially the lasting impact of a person or era.
- His legacy as a civil rights leader endures decades after his death.
- The bridge remains a legacy of the city's Victorian engineers.
- The old teacher left a legacy of kindness that her former pupils still talk about.
adj Outdated but still in use, especially referring to old technology.
- The bank still relies on legacy software from the 1990s.
- Our legacy system is slow, but replacing it would take months of careful work.
- The hospital is gradually moving its records off legacy computers onto newer ones.
