legacy /ˈlɛɡəsi/noun 3adjective 2forms 1 noun3 •a thing such as money, a building or an idea that comes to people from an earlier timeJohn Muir left as his legacy an enduring spirit of respect for the environment. •Money or property bequeathed to someone in a will. •The descendant of an alumnus, given preference in academic admissions.Because she was a legacy, her mother's sorority rushed her. adjective2 •Left over from the past; old and no longer current.They have no idea what occurs in the network or its topology, and all of the services remain dependent on it — a very legacy approach to creating services in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. — 2000 •[after a noun] Belonging to a class of boardgame where permanent changes are made to game elements such as the board, cards and rules over multiple play sessions.Risk Legacy, in 2011, was the first game to give visibility to the idea of progressive and irreversible discovery in the board gaming hobby, 2 and it did so by applying it to the well-known game Risk. — 2018 formslegacies
