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- Dictionaryinheritance/ɪnˈhɛrɪt(ə)ns/
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- 1. a thing that is inherited: "he came into a comfortable inheritance" Similar
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The meaning of INHERITANCE is something that is or may be inherited. How to use inheritance in a sentence.
a physical or mental characteristic inherited from your parents, or the process by which this happens: genetic inheritance. A particular gene is responsible for the inheritance of eye colour. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
INHERITANCE meaning: 1. money or objects that someone gives you when they die: 2. a physical or mental characteristic…. Learn more.
noun. something that is or may be inherited; property passing at the owner's death to the heir or those entitled to succeed; legacy. Synonyms: bequest, patrimony. the genetic characters transmitted from parent to offspring, taken collectively.
inheritance is the common term for property or any possession that comes to an heir: He received the farm as an inheritance from his parents. heritage indicates something that is bequeathed to a subsequent generation by an individual or by society: our cultural heritage from Greece and Rome.
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.
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.
