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/ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənd/ · noun
The life story of a saint (such stories are often embellished, but any kind is called a legend)..
As a child she had nothing to read but the legends of early Christian martyrs.
According to ancient legend, a Greek girl, partaking of saffron for an entire week, could not resist a lover.
According to the legend on the map, that building is a school.
Further clues are provided by milk-floats bearing the legend 'Lord Rayleigh's Dairies: A Family Business', and a number of signs indicating the whereabouts of various departments of Lord Rayleigh's Farms.
[…]there were three small brass coins there, the gift of Ymar. Their legends, like their faces, had worn away; and they were dark with verdigris — in appearance precisely the ancient things they were.
The legend displacement on the basis then in use was 48,000 tons, the corresponding standard displacement as defined by the Washington Treaty being 47,540 tons.
The legend and sketch designs were submitted to the Board on 27th March 1916 and, after examining a model and the drawings, the Sea Lords generally favoured proposal 'B'; the extra weight involved being acceptable.
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Use legend when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Legend means The life story of a saint (such stories are often embellished, but any kind is called a legend)..
Common synonyms include guide, key, inscription, fable.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
As a child she had nothing to read but the legends of early Christian martyrs.
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