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- Dictionaryinheritance/ɪnˈhɛrɪt(ə)ns/
noun
- 1. a thing that is inherited: "he came into a comfortable inheritance" Similar
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INHERITANCE definition: 1. money or objects that someone gives you when they die: 2. a physical or mental characteristic…. Learn more.
The meaning of INHERITANCE is something that is or may be inherited. How to use inheritance in a sentence.
the genetic characters transmitted from parent to offspring, taken collectively. something, as a quality, characteristic, or other immaterial possession, received from progenitors or predecessors as if by succession: an inheritance of family pride.
noun. /ɪnˈherɪtəns/ [countable, uncountable] the money, property, etc. that you receive from somebody when they die; the fact of receiving something when somebody dies. She spent all her inheritance in a year. The title passes by inheritance to the eldest son. She came into (= received) her inheritance at eighteen. Collocations Finance.
An inheritance is money or property which you receive from someone who has died. She feared losing her inheritance to her stepmother.
Any money or property you receive after the death of a friend or relative is an inheritance. Your grandmother might have left you a small inheritance, but she left the bulk of her estate to her Chihuahua, Killer.
INHERIT definition: 1. to receive money, a house, etc. from someone after they have died: 2. to be born with the same…. Learn more.
Inherit definition: to take or receive (property, a right, a title, etc.) by succession or will, as an heir. See examples of INHERIT used in a sentence.
INHERITANCE meaning: 1 : money, property, etc., that is received from someone when that person dies; 2 : something from the past that is still important or valuable.
Inheritance is the way that genetic information is passed from a parent to a child. Members of the same biological family tend to have similar characteristics – including physical appearance and the likelihood of developing certain genetic conditions.
