Legend - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈledʒənd|  American pronunciation of the word legend
Brit.  |ˈledʒ(ə)nd|  British pronunciation of the word legend

noun

- a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events (syn: fable)
- brief description accompanying an illustration (syn: caption)

Extra examples

I don't believe the legends I've heard about this forest.

He has become a baseball legend.

The gravestone bears the legend “Rest in Peace.”

She is a true living legend.

According to legend, he escaped by leaping from the cliffs into the sea.

Legend has it that prisoners were brought here to be executed.

A sign above the door bore the legend 'patience is a virtue'.

The Eve of biblical legend was a temptress, thus initiating a lamentable theme in the history of sexism.

...his devilment at school remains the stuff of local legend...

...the professor's frequent and extended digressions are the stuff of campus legend...

...their escapades at the prep school became the stuff of boarding-school legend...

The movie retold an ageless legend.

...the sort of frat-boy knaveries that become the stuff of campus legend...

...the daring exploits of the French legionaries have long been the stuff of literary and cinematic legend...

...the legend of Don Juan depicts him as a playboy and libertine...

Word forms

noun
singular: legend
plural: legends
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