historical legacy

collocation in English

meaningsofhistoricalandlegacy

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historical
adjective
uk
/hɪˈstɒr.ɪ.kəl/us
/hɪˈstɔːr.ɪ.kəl/
connected with studying or representing things from ...
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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 ofhistoricalandlegacyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhistorical legacy

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The introduction of choice can in both cases be seen as a challenge to thehistoricallegacyof decentralized democratic management of health services.
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Second, the region continues to suffer from a divisivehistoricallegacyand, more significant, continuing tensions over issues of security, leadership and democracy.
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Thehistoricallegacywill never make relations easy but there is a growing awareness that our common interests are of increasing importance.
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Returning to the general, overseas territories are anhistoricallegacyfrom our imperial past.
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These debates revealed the extent of misunderstanding of basic historical facts and of ourhistoricallegacy.
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This shortcoming is ahistoricallegacyand does not make sense nowadays.
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Again, we have to deal with ahistoricallegacyof inaccessibility, but that is being tackled consistently across the sector.
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The council has ahistoricallegacyof deterioration in its housing stock and yet it is faced with limitations and the imposition of a straitjacket.
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We have inherited anhistoricallegacy.
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I digress slightly, but we should remember that there is a significanthistoricallegacyof development on flood plains.
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But, there is anhistoricallegacyof a problem of description and understanding.
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In this country, we have an importanthistoricallegacyas a result of our colonial involvement and our long-term involvement with the country since then.
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Thehistoricallegacyis to be acknowledged.
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This process increases social capital even further if socio-economic development is matched by the revival of the uniquehistoricallegacyof the area.
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The provinces have no administrative function today, but live on as ahistoricallegacy.
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There was ahistoricallegacyneed to maintain black-and-white signals.
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Hishistoricallegacyis largely under-valued because of his preference to use his influence away from public view.
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Ferragina suggests that, in the divergent cases, the value of thehistoricallegacyis affected by the poor present socio- economic conditions.
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The neighborhood has distinct architectural, culinary, cultural, andhistoricallegacythat reflects its multi-ethnic composition.
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It has ahistoricallegacyin aviation, the military, and theater.
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