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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024leg•end /ˈlɛdʒənd/USA pronunciation n. - an unproved story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as historical:[countable]the legend of King Arthur.
- a body of stories of this kind:[uncountable]the winning of the West in American legend.
- Printing[countable] a table on a map, chart, or the like, listing and explaining the symbols used.
- [countable] a person who is very famous, well-known, liked, or admired in some areas.
See -leg-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024leg•end (lej′ənd),USA pronunciation n. - a nonhistorical or unverifiable story handed down by tradition from earlier times and popularly accepted as historical.
- the body of stories of this kind, esp. as they relate to a particular people, group, or clan:the winning of the West in American legend.
- an inscription, esp. on a coat of arms, on a monument, under a picture, or the like.
- Printinga table on a map, chart, or the like, listing and explaining the symbols used. Cf. key1 (def. 8).
- Currency[Numis.]inscription (def. 8).
- a collection of stories about an admirable person.
- a person who is the center of such stories:She became a legend in her own lifetime.
- [Archaic.]a story of the life of a saint, esp. one stressing the miraculous or unrecorded deeds of the saint.
- [Obs.]a collection of such stories or stories like them.
- Medieval Latin legenda literally, (lesson) to be read, noun, nominal use of feminine of Latin legendus, gerund, gerundive of legere to read; so called because appointed to be read on respective saints' days
- 1300–50; 1900–05 for def. 4; Middle English legende written account of a saint's life
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged Legend, fable, myth refer to fictitious stories, usually handed down by tradition (although some fables are modern). Legend, originally denoting a story concerning the life of a saint, is applied to any fictitious story, sometimes involving the supernatural, and usually concerned with a real person, place, or other subject:the legend of the Holy Grail.A fable is specifically a fictitious story (often with animals or inanimate things as speakers or actors) designed to teach a moral:a fable about industrious bees.A myth is one of a class of stories, usually concerning gods, semidivine heroes, etc., current since primitive times, the purpose of which is to attempt to explain some belief or natural phenomenon:the Greek myth about Demeter.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged fact.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: legend /ˈlɛdʒənd/ n - a popular story handed down from earlier times whose truth has not been ascertained
- a group of such stories: the Arthurian legend
- a modern story that has taken on the characteristics of a traditional legendary tale
- a person whose fame or notoriety makes him a source of exaggerated or romanticized tales or exploits
- an inscription or title, as on a coin or beneath a coat of arms
- explanatory matter accompanying a table, map, chart, etc
Etymology: 14th Century (in the sense: a saint's life or a collection of saints' lives): from Medieval Latin legenda passages to be read, from Latin legere to read |