All 4 Uses
legacy
in
The Last Lecture
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- If we had to vanish tomorrow, what would we want as our legacy?
Part 1 *legacy = something left behind
- She knew I'd been yearning to find ways to leave a legacy for the kids.†
Part 1
- If I have to die, I am comforted by having Alice as a professional legacy.†
Part 4
- I've entrusted him with carrying Alice into the future as the research scientist designing and implementing my professional legacy.†
Part 5
Definitions:
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(1)
(legacy) coming from the past or left to the futurein various senses including:
- in law -- a gift given through a will -- "She left a legacy of $10,000 to her niece."
- of a situation -- resulting from the past -- "Today's debt problem is a legacy of profligate spending by prior administrations."
- of culture -- a practice passed from one generation to the next -- "The city has along legacy of bribes and corruption."
- of technology -- something that still uses old technology -- "We're using a legacy software that only the old-timers know how to update."
- of a member or potential member of an organization -- the child of a previous member -- "She is a legacy candidate."
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)