Words / B1

LEJ-uh-nd/ˈledʒənd/

A legend is an old story that may not be true, or a very famous person: a local legend; a football legend. Myth is a close twin for stories; key on a map is also called a legend in exams. Plaques: treated as legend, not fact.

Meaning

An old story that may not be true; also a very famous person.

Examples

• “The plaque treated the story as local legend, not fact.”
• “Use the legend at the side of the map, which is the exam-key sense.”

Good to know

a local legend; a sporting legend. Story twin: a myth. Map exams: a legend / key. Not “a legendary” as a noun. History / geography papers.

Near in meaning

myth

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