greatest legacy

collocation in English

meaningsofgreatandlegacy

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great
adjective
uk
/ɡreɪt/us
/ɡreɪt/
large in amount, size, ...
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legacy
noun[C]
uk
/ˈleɡ.ə.si/us
/ˈleɡ.ə.si/
money or property that you receive from someone after ...
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(Definition ofgreatandlegacyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We should also remember that perhaps hergreatestlegacyis that she hands to her son a united and democratic country.
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As a result, hisgreatestlegacyis probably his influence on and encouragement of students, other archaeologists and professionals he worked with.
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Thegreatestlegacyof the herbal is to botany.
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Hisgreatestlegacyhowever was the public attention paid to the issue of mental illness.
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Perhaps hisgreatestlegacyremains that of a teaching placed under the signs of my beauty and the essential.
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What do you think is thegreatestlegacyof your tenure?
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Besides his descendants, hisgreatestlegacyis his beautiful farmhouse which still stands today as the home of a local business.
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For his supporters, hisgreatestlegacywas his conviction that socialism can be reached through a democratic and pacifist path.
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All three authors see federal tyranny as the war'sgreatestlegacy.
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Hisgreatestlegacythough is probably the town house he had built.
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Young'sgreatestlegacywas institution building.
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Peterson'sgreatestlegacyas a coach may be in the number of successful head coaches that got their start working under him.
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It was a courageous act, and one of his greatest legacies.
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