legend
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: cartography
geography
government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
military
monarchy
natural-sciences
naval
navy
nobility
numismatics
politics
war
Etymology: From Middle English legende, from Old French legende, from Medieval Latin legenda (“a legend, story, especially the lives of the saints”), from Latin legenda (“things which ought to be read”), from lego (“to read”).
Inflected forms:
form: legends
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The life story of a saint (such stories are often embellished, but any kind is called a legend).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: As a child she had nothing to read but the legends of early Christian martyrs.
gloss: An unrealistic story depicting past events.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The legend of Troy was discovered to have a historical basis.
gloss: An unrealistic story depicting past events.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: the legend of Robin Hood
gloss: An unrealistic story depicting past events.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The 1984 Rose Bowl prank has spawned many legends. Here's the real story.
gloss: An unrealistic story depicting past events.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: According to his legend, he once worked for the Red Cross, spreading humanitarian aid in Africa.
If the documents are needed to establish "a light legend," meaning a superficial cover story, no steps are taken to make sure that if someone calls the college or motor vehicle department, the name on the document will be registered.
Sorge solidified his own position by returning to Germany and developing a new legend. He joined the Nazi Party[…].
Both the agent's legend and documents were intended to stand up against casual questions from Soviet citizens, such as during a job interview, or a routine police document check, such as were made at railway stations.
gloss: Such stories considered collectively; unverified traditional tales.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: According to ancient legend, a Greek girl, partaking of saffron for an entire week, could not resist a lover.
gloss: A person related to a legend or legends.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Achilles is a legend in Greek culture.
gloss: A person related to a legend or legends.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Michael Jordan stands as a legend in basketball.
Sachin Tendulkar stands as a legend in cricket.
gloss: A person related to a legend or legends.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
Ireland
New-Zealand
UK
colloquial
countable
slang
uncountable
examples: I've lost my pen! —Here mate, borrow mine. —You legend.
gloss: A key to the symbols and color codes on a map, chart, etc.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: According to the legend on the map, that building is a school.
gloss: An inscription, motto, or title, especially one surrounding the field in a medal or coin, or placed upon a heraldic shield or beneath an engraving or illustration.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Further clues are provided by milk-floats bearing the legend 'Lord Rayleigh's Dairies: A Family Business', and a number of signs indicating the whereabouts of various departments of Lord Rayleigh's Farms.
[…]there were three small brass coins there, the gift of Ymar. Their legends, like their faces, had worn away; and they were dark with verdigris — in appearance precisely the ancient things they were.
gloss: A musical composition set to a poetical story.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: The design and specification of a vessel.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The legend displacement on the basis then in use was 48,000 tons, the corresponding standard displacement as defined by the Washington Treaty being 47,540 tons.
The legend and sketch designs were submitted to the Board on 27th March 1916 and, after examining a model and the drawings, the Sea Lords generally favoured proposal 'B'; the extra weight involved being acceptable.
Related words: lege
legendary
Derived words: black legend
legendic
legend in one's own lifetime
legend in one's own lunchtime
legend in one's own mind
legend in one's own time
legendist
legendization
legendize
legendless
legendmaker
legendry
living legend
skinny legend
sublegend
urban legend
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: legende
lang: Arabic
word: بَطَل
roman: baṭal
lang: Arabic
word: بَطَلَة
roman: baṭala
lang: Bulgarian
word: леге́нда
roman: legénda
lang: Catalan
word: llegenda
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 傳奇 /传奇
roman: chuánqí
lang: Esperanto
word: legendo
lang: Esperanto
word: legendulo
lang: Finnish
word: legenda
lang: French
word: légende
lang: Galician
word: lenda
lang: Greek
word: θρύλος
roman: thrýlos
lang: Hungarian
word: legenda
lang: Italian
word: mito
lang: Italian
word: mostro sacro
lang: Italian
word: leggenda
lang: Malay
word: lagenda
lang: Malayalam
word: ഇതിഹാസം
roman: itihāsaṁ
lang: Polish
word: legenda
lang: Portuguese
word: lenda
lang: Russian
word: леге́нда
roman: legénda
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: лѐге̄нда
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: lègēnda
lang: Spanish
word: leyenda
lang: Swedish
word: legendar
lang: Turkish
word: efsane
lang: Turkish
word: kahraman
lang: Vietnamese
word: huyền thoại