All 7 Uses
legacy
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The Son of Neptune
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- Plus, a lot of the campers are legacies—second or third generation.
Chpt 4 *legacies = people whose parents or grandparents preceded them in the organization
- "Legacies," Hazel corrected.†
Chpt 4
- The camp augur we're going to meet, Octavian, he's a legacy, descendant of Apollo.†
Chpt 4
- Rome will be overrun, its legacy lost forever.†
Chpt 12
- Rome will be overrun, its legacy lost forever.†
Chpt 13
- The legacy of Rome is on the line—five thousand years of law, order, civilization.†
Chpt 34
- Soon, the legacy of Rome will be destroyed for the last time!†
Chpt 37
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)