legendary
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4.2
- adjective
- /ˈlɛdʒənˌdɛri/
:
legendario
- Please welcome the truly legendary Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein.
- become legendary
- a legendary figure
- a legendary singer
And you have had a legendary career and life.
- And you have had a legendary career and life.
- All of these legendary real estate brokers.
- Old pal of mine and legendary actor Dennis Quaid is here.
- So he was, what should say, a legendary investor himself.
- Take care and be legendary next.
Examples
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Welcome to the legendary Nurburgring.
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Barry Sanders, who is a legendary football player.
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How was it working with these legendary figures?
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This is a legendary book from the past.
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And you have had a legendary career and life.
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Welcome to the program the legendary Jim Rogers.
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Many tales are told of the legendary Ragnar Lofbrok.
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The fierce warriors of the grasslands were legendary among the settled peoples.
Fiction book (1990) -
Lin and Xiao Ming's paper, now legendary in computer science.
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Many tales are told of the legendary Ragnar Lofbrok.
Synonyms
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1.0
Many people know them for something good or important
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1.0
Familiar to many people and often talked about
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4.4
Very well known and seen as a symbol of something
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3.5
Well known and respected by many people
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4.1
Well known and respected for being very good
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6.0
Found only in old stories and not real, like dragons or unicorns
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7.4
Well known and respected for important work
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7.2
Famous in stories and legends that often have unreal details
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6.2
Something that seems to belong to old stories and heroes
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6.7
A person, team, or place known for a famous history
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3.2
Famous and admired for important achievements or qualities
Known and admired by many people far away
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
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7.0
A made-up animal or being from old stories that people often say is real
How Famous
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Legendary comes from legend, a word for an old 'story', and from Latin legenda meaning 'things to be read'. So, someone or something called legendary is so famous or admired that they seem like a hero from a story.