legend
- legend
noun
1 well-known story
ADJECTIVE
▪ ancient, old
▪ Greek, Inuit, Roman, etc.
▪ local
▪ urban
VERB + LEGEND
▪ become, pass into
▪ The story of how she was rescued has already passed into legend.
▪ tell (sb)
▪ He told us the legend of the ghostly horseman.
LEGEND + VERB
▪ live on
▪ The legend of his supernatural origins lives on.
▪ say sth
▪ Legend says that the forest is cursed.
PREPOSITION
▪ according to legend
▪ According to ancient legend, the river is a goddess.
▪ in (a/the) legend
▪ There have always been stories of human giants in Celtic legend and mythology.
▪ legend about
▪ legends about the Vikings
▪ legend of
▪ The story is part of the ancient legend of King Arthur.
PHRASES
▪ legend has it that …
▪ Legend has it that the Bridge of Sighs got its name from the cries of prisoners being led across it.
▪ myths and legends
▪ the myths and legends of Mexico
▪ the subject of legend
▪ The island has long been the subject of legend.
2 famous person/event
ADJECTIVE
▪ living
▪ movie stars who become living legends
▪ basketball, music, racing, rock, screen, sporting (BrE), sports (AmE), etc.
▪ Broadway, Hollywood, etc.
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Legend — Leg end (l[e^]j [e^]nd or l[=e] j[e^]nd; 277), n. [OE. legende, OF. legende, F. l[ e]gende, LL. legenda, fr. L. legendus to be read, fr. legere to read, gather; akin to Gr. le gein to gather, speak. Cf. {Collect}, {Dialogue}, {Lesson}, {Logic}.]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Legend EP — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Legend EP Álbum de Abigail Williams Publicación 3 de octubre de 2006 Grabación 2006 … Wikipedia Español
Legend — Leg end, v. t. To tell or narrate, as a legend. Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Legend (EP) — Legend EP Álbum de Abigail Williams Publicación 3 de octubre de 2006 Grabación 2006 Género(s) Melodic Black Metal Deathcore … Wikipedia Español
legend — (n.) early 14c., narrative dealing with a happening or an event, from O.Fr. legende (12c., Mod.Fr. légende) and directly from M.L. legenda legend, story, lit. (things) to be read, on certain days in church, etc., from L. legendus, neuter plural… … Etymology dictionary
legend — [n1] story of the past, often fictitious fable, fiction, folklore, folk story, folk tale, lore, myth, mythology, mythos, narrative, saga, tale, tradition; concept 282 legend [n2] brief description in document cipher, code, device, epigraph,… … New thesaurus
legend — ► NOUN 1) a traditional story popularly regarded as historical but which is not authenticated. 2) an extremely famous or notorious person: a screen legend. 3) an inscription, caption, or key. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ very well known. ORIGIN from Latin… … English terms dictionary
