Preposition: of

• colonialism: In describing Irish identities, Young Ireland had to deal with the issue of constructing citizenship against the legacy of colonialism.

• under-investment: There is a legacy of under-investment in IT infrastructure.

• bitterness: But the legacy of bitterness has made normal political give and take difficult, at times virtually impossible.

• imperialism: Kashmir is at present occupied by India, a legacy of British imperialism.

• contamination: Nuclear power is dangerous, unpredictable and leaves behind a legacy of deadly contamination.

Converse of object

• bequeath: In his will, he bequeaths a pecuniary legacy of £ 150,000 to his wife and the residue to his son.

• leave: Consider leaving a legacy Make us a gift in your Will.

• inherit: This new economy is founded on the macro-economic legacy inherited by New Labor in 1997.

Adjective modifier

• pecuniary: A pecuniary legacy is a fixed sum of money.

• enduring: It also gives us, the viewers, the enduring legacy of the definitive image of a media spanning legend.

• deadly: A government wedded to the apparent technical fix of nuclear power, leaving a costly and deadly legacy for generations to come.

Modifies a noun

• multiuser: Withdraw legacy multiuser machines - due Easter 2004 The legacy solaris multiuser machines should be withdrawn from service.

• currency: Document where you use the legacy currencies in your system.

• dcs: The Miscellaneous Services team were actioned to decommission the legacy dcs and cogsci ftp servers during the next three months.

• solaris: Jeremy was concerned that some folk ( eg LTG ) are still running software that only works on legacy solaris systems.

Noun used with modifier

• decibel: One initiative that has already been implemented as part of the decibel legacy is the Creative Advisors Scheme.