{
    "term": "legend",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a story from ancient times about people and events, that may or may not be true; this type of story",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The film is based on the legend of Robin Hood."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the heroes of Greek legend"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Legend has it** that the lake was formed by the tears of a god."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He told us the legend of the ghostly horseman."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Legend has it that the Bridge of Sighs got its name from the cries of prisoners being led across it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Legend says that the forest is cursed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The island has long been the subject of legend."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The legend of his supernatural origins lives on."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The story is part of the ancient legend of King Arthur."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The story of how she was rescued has already passed into legend."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There have always been stories of human giants in Celtic legend and mythology."
                },
                {
                    "text": "legends about the Vikings"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the myths and legends of Mexico"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "myth",
            "topics": ["Literature and writing"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["ancient", "old", "Greek"],
                "verb + legend": ["become", "pass into", "tell (somebody)"],
                "legend + verb": ["live on", "say something"],
                "preposition": [
                    "according to legend",
                    "in (a/​the) legend",
                    "legend about"
                ],
                "phrases": [
                    "legend has it that…",
                    "myths and legends",
                    "the subject of legend"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a very famous person, especially in a particular field, who is admired by other people",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a jazz/screen/sporting legend"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was **a legend in her own lifetime**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many of golf's **living legends** were playing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a legend in the world of music"
                },
                {
                    "text": "movie stars who become living legends"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["living", "basketball", "music"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the explanation of a map or a diagram in a book",
            "labels": "(specialist)",
            "examples": [],
            "synonyms": "key"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a piece of writing on a sign, a label, a coin, etc.",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈledʒənd/",
                "audio": "le/legend/legend__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈledʒənd/",
                "audio": "le/legend/legend__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in the sense ‘story of a saint's life’): from Old French legende, from medieval Latin legenda ‘things to be read’, from Latin legere ‘read’. Sense (1) dates from the early 17th cent."
}