how to pronounce legacy

/ˈlɛɡəsiː/

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legacy is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of legacy in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… let that be his legacy a legacy of peace …”

meaning of legacy

Legacy means the quality or state of being left behind by a person who has died.

legacy frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word legacy occurs in english on average 15.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics legacy can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that legacy can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;