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Definition of legend in English: legendnoun ˈlɛdʒ(ə)ndˈlɛdʒənd 1A traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but not authenticated. the legend of King Arthur mass noun according to legend he banished all the snakes from Ireland Example sentencesExamples - Welsh culture was based on an oral tradition of legends, myths, and folktales passed down from generation to generation.
- It is difficult to distinguish authentic historical information from legends within the accounts given.
- Oral histories and legends abound, but how reliable are they?
- These decades of collecting and collating myths, legends and historical snippets are clearly reflected in breadth and depth of the book.
- However, there is a strong oral tradition consisting of stories, legends, fables, poems, riddles, and songs.
- Children were once told fairytales, myths, legends and fables because they had a meaning, a moral or a special psychological relevance.
- The legend of Tristan and Isolde, one of the most popular, was tacked on to Arthur's.
- Every culture has its own body of folklore, myths, legends, song, poetry, stories, and parables.
- It is an interesting survey, and shows how creative people still continue to mine myths, legends and traditional culture for material.
- To most people, the old myths and legends are quaint reminders of a bygone and superstitious age, and have nothing much to tell us anymore.
- They presently have a wide variety of books, including a section on mythology and the legend of King Arthur.
- This was pretty much the starting point of the Arthurian legends with regard to the Holy Grail.
- These ancient people bring us the legend of King Arthur and the Holy Grail.
- His early interest in European legends resulted in a Master's Degree on the Grail legend.
- The chapter ends by providing numerous excerpts from historical legends and folklore that mention the robin.
- All the ethnic groups of Uganda have a rich oral tradition of tales, legends, stories, proverbs, and riddles.
- Born in Huddersfield, the 45-year-old is the son of a draughtsman and a mother with a passion for historical myths and legends.
- The legend of Romulus and Remus gives the impression that Rome was created very quickly; the truth was very different.
- Whatever historical events underlie the legend of the Trojan War did not occur as depicted here.
- It consists of a systematic survey of the lake monster theme in the legends and popular folklore of Québec.
Synonyms myth, saga, epic, folk tale, folk story, traditional story, tale, story, fairy tale, narrative, fable, romance folklore, lore, mythology, fantasy, oral history, tradition, folk tradition, old wives' tales technical mythos, mythus informal yarn - 1.1historical The story of a saint's life.
the mosaics illustrate the Legends of the Saints Example sentencesExamples - One of legends concerning Saint George is the famous dragon story, with which he is invariably portrayed.
- A book that explores the Catholic faith and Mexican culture is The Lady of Guadalupe, the legend of the patron saint of Mexico.
- These local religious festivals usually center on a particular saint or legend.
- The legend of the notable Saint Anton is connected to plague victims and all diseases.
- That is the true meaning of the legend of Saint George.
2An extremely famous or notorious person, especially in a particular field. the man was a living legend Example sentencesExamples - Paying tribute to his colleague on Monday, Killarney Jarvey Association spokesman, Pat O'Sullivan, said Mick was a legend in his own lifetime.
- The artist, who has become a legend in his own lifetime, is also currently working on a permanent Jewish holocaust memorial in Manhattan.
- Charcot became a legend in his own lifetime and was elected to several major medical and neurologic societies in Europe and accorded many honors.
- When Sidney Kidman left his Norwood home, he was thirteen years old and eventually would become ‘a legend in his own lifetime’.
- But being handed a gold medal by the swimming legend this summer has been the highlight so far of the 12-year-old's fledgling career in the pool.
- Rob Roy succeeded in becoming a legend in his own lifetime of 63 years and was compared with Robin Hood while he was still alive.
- And yet it would be one of those ‘tiny observable effects’ that turned Einstein into a living legend.
- Edward Ryan Aikau was a Hawaiian surfer, lifeguard and legend that dedicated his life to the ocean and ocean safety.
- Oliver ‘Smokey’ Charles, 79, is a living legend when it comes to football in St Lucia.
- Mikey Sheehy, one of Kerry's footballing legends, has eight All-Ireland medals after his exploits in the Green and Gold.
- Florence Nightingale's pioneering development of military and civilian nursing and of hospital care, made her a legend in her own lifetime.
- We'll ask a living legend of broadcast journalism, Walter Cronkite, the former CBS News anchor.
- Indeed he is a living legend in the tennis world.
- Even jazz legend Louis Armstrong makes a cameo appearance as the Harmonia Gardens' bandleader, singing the film's title track.
- How does he feel sharing the stage with a living legend?
- The coach who helped guide Amir Khan to an Olympic silver medal says the Bolton teenager can become a boxing legend.
- But he was also bigger than life, a living legend who at age 33 could swim faster than he had at 21.
- He is a living legend, as his achievements testify.
- John was a legend in his own lifetime, and was exceptionally popular in the locality where he had lived.
- Growing up as the legacy of a living legend isn't easy.
Synonyms celebrity, star, superstar, icon, famous person, great, genius, phenomenon, luminary, giant, big name informal celeb, megastar 3An inscription, especially on a coin or medal. Example sentencesExamples - The 200 baht coins have the same legend as the 100 baht coin.
- The obverse of all denominations bore a harp, along with the legend Saorstat Eireann and the date the coin was struck.
- Around the lower border is the same legend as on the gold coin.
Synonyms caption, inscription, dedication, motto, slogan, device, heading, head, title, wording, subtitle, subheading, rubric, colophon - 3.1 A caption.
a picture of a tiger with the legend ‘Go ahead make my day’ Example sentencesExamples - Captions or legends must be submitted with all photographs, drawings, and tables.
- By improving legends and headings, authors will entice readers to learn more of their story; ultimately, more, not less, text will be read.
Synonyms caption, inscription, label, heading, subheading, head, motto, slogan, device, wording, rubric - 3.2 The wording on a map or diagram explaining the symbols used.
Example sentencesExamples - The abbreviations are explained in the inset legend to Figure 3.
- The figure contains two subfigures, each composed of three graphs, which are explained in the legend for figure 14.
- Species are referred to by symbols in the legend.
- Include glossaries or legends as helpful tools.
- The length of such multimers is specified in the legend to Fig.2.
- All abbreviations are explained in the legend to Fig 1.
Synonyms explanation, key, code, cipher, table of symbols, guide, glossary
adjectiveˈlɛdʒ(ə)ndˈlɛdʒənd predicative Very well known. his speed and ferocity in attack were legend
Origin Middle English (in the sense 'story of a saint's life'): from Old French legende, from medieval Latin legenda 'things to be read', from Latin legere 'read'. sense 1 of the noun dates from the early 17th century. A legend was first ‘the story of a saint's life’, coming from Old French legende, from medieval Latin legere ‘to read’, also found in legible (Late Middle English). The sense ‘a traditional story popularly regarded as historical’ dates from the early 17th century when the word is also first found meaning ‘motto, inscription’.
Definition of legend in US English: legendnounˈlɛdʒəndˈlejənd 1A traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated. the legend of King Arthur according to legend he banished all the snakes from Ireland Example sentencesExamples - Every culture has its own body of folklore, myths, legends, song, poetry, stories, and parables.
- These ancient people bring us the legend of King Arthur and the Holy Grail.
- Oral histories and legends abound, but how reliable are they?
- Whatever historical events underlie the legend of the Trojan War did not occur as depicted here.
- To most people, the old myths and legends are quaint reminders of a bygone and superstitious age, and have nothing much to tell us anymore.
- Children were once told fairytales, myths, legends and fables because they had a meaning, a moral or a special psychological relevance.
- The legend of Tristan and Isolde, one of the most popular, was tacked on to Arthur's.
- Born in Huddersfield, the 45-year-old is the son of a draughtsman and a mother with a passion for historical myths and legends.
- These decades of collecting and collating myths, legends and historical snippets are clearly reflected in breadth and depth of the book.
- The chapter ends by providing numerous excerpts from historical legends and folklore that mention the robin.
- However, there is a strong oral tradition consisting of stories, legends, fables, poems, riddles, and songs.
- His early interest in European legends resulted in a Master's Degree on the Grail legend.
- All the ethnic groups of Uganda have a rich oral tradition of tales, legends, stories, proverbs, and riddles.
- This was pretty much the starting point of the Arthurian legends with regard to the Holy Grail.
- It is difficult to distinguish authentic historical information from legends within the accounts given.
- Welsh culture was based on an oral tradition of legends, myths, and folktales passed down from generation to generation.
- It is an interesting survey, and shows how creative people still continue to mine myths, legends and traditional culture for material.
- It consists of a systematic survey of the lake monster theme in the legends and popular folklore of Québec.
- The legend of Romulus and Remus gives the impression that Rome was created very quickly; the truth was very different.
- They presently have a wide variety of books, including a section on mythology and the legend of King Arthur.
Synonyms myth, saga, epic, folk tale, folk story, traditional story, tale, story, fairy tale, narrative, fable, romance - 1.1historical The story of a saint's life.
the mosaics illustrate the Legends of the Saints Example sentencesExamples - That is the true meaning of the legend of Saint George.
- The legend of the notable Saint Anton is connected to plague victims and all diseases.
- These local religious festivals usually center on a particular saint or legend.
- One of legends concerning Saint George is the famous dragon story, with which he is invariably portrayed.
- A book that explores the Catholic faith and Mexican culture is The Lady of Guadalupe, the legend of the patron saint of Mexico.
2An extremely famous or notorious person, especially in a particular field. the man was a living legend Example sentencesExamples - Oliver ‘Smokey’ Charles, 79, is a living legend when it comes to football in St Lucia.
- Paying tribute to his colleague on Monday, Killarney Jarvey Association spokesman, Pat O'Sullivan, said Mick was a legend in his own lifetime.
- Even jazz legend Louis Armstrong makes a cameo appearance as the Harmonia Gardens' bandleader, singing the film's title track.
- And yet it would be one of those ‘tiny observable effects’ that turned Einstein into a living legend.
- Mikey Sheehy, one of Kerry's footballing legends, has eight All-Ireland medals after his exploits in the Green and Gold.
- Indeed he is a living legend in the tennis world.
- Growing up as the legacy of a living legend isn't easy.
- The coach who helped guide Amir Khan to an Olympic silver medal says the Bolton teenager can become a boxing legend.
- How does he feel sharing the stage with a living legend?
- The artist, who has become a legend in his own lifetime, is also currently working on a permanent Jewish holocaust memorial in Manhattan.
- He is a living legend, as his achievements testify.
- We'll ask a living legend of broadcast journalism, Walter Cronkite, the former CBS News anchor.
- When Sidney Kidman left his Norwood home, he was thirteen years old and eventually would become ‘a legend in his own lifetime’.
- But being handed a gold medal by the swimming legend this summer has been the highlight so far of the 12-year-old's fledgling career in the pool.
- But he was also bigger than life, a living legend who at age 33 could swim faster than he had at 21.
- John was a legend in his own lifetime, and was exceptionally popular in the locality where he had lived.
- Florence Nightingale's pioneering development of military and civilian nursing and of hospital care, made her a legend in her own lifetime.
- Charcot became a legend in his own lifetime and was elected to several major medical and neurologic societies in Europe and accorded many honors.
- Rob Roy succeeded in becoming a legend in his own lifetime of 63 years and was compared with Robin Hood while he was still alive.
- Edward Ryan Aikau was a Hawaiian surfer, lifeguard and legend that dedicated his life to the ocean and ocean safety.
Synonyms celebrity, star, superstar, icon, famous person, great, genius, phenomenon, luminary, giant, big name 3An inscription, especially on a coin or medal. Example sentencesExamples - The 200 baht coins have the same legend as the 100 baht coin.
- The obverse of all denominations bore a harp, along with the legend Saorstat Eireann and the date the coin was struck.
- Around the lower border is the same legend as on the gold coin.
Synonyms caption, inscription, dedication, motto, slogan, device, heading, head, title, wording, subtitle, subheading, rubric, colophon - 3.1 A caption.
a picture of a tiger with the legend, “Go ahead, make my day.” Example sentencesExamples - Captions or legends must be submitted with all photographs, drawings, and tables.
- By improving legends and headings, authors will entice readers to learn more of their story; ultimately, more, not less, text will be read.
Synonyms caption, inscription, label, heading, subheading, head, motto, slogan, device, wording, rubric - 3.2 The wording on a map or diagram explaining the symbols used.
Example sentencesExamples - Species are referred to by symbols in the legend.
- Include glossaries or legends as helpful tools.
- The abbreviations are explained in the inset legend to Figure 3.
- The length of such multimers is specified in the legend to Fig.2.
- All abbreviations are explained in the legend to Fig 1.
- The figure contains two subfigures, each composed of three graphs, which are explained in the legend for figure 14.
Synonyms explanation, key, code, cipher, table of symbols, guide, glossary
adjectiveˈlɛdʒəndˈlejənd Very well known. his speed and ferocity in attack were legend
Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘story of a saint's life’): from Old French legende, from medieval Latin legenda ‘things to be read’, from Latin legere ‘read’. legend (sense 1 of the noun) dates from the early 17th century. |