inheritance
pronunciation
How to pronounce inheritance in British English: UK [ɪnˈherɪtəns]
How to pronounce inheritance in American English: US [ɪnˈherɪtəns]
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- Noun:
- hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
- that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
- (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents
- any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
Word Origin
- inheritance (n.)
- late 14c., enheritaunce "fact of receiving by hereditary succession;" early 15c. as "that which is inherited," from Anglo-French enheritance, Old French enheritaunce, from enheriter (see inherit). Heritance "act of inheriting" is from mid-15c.
Example
- 1. That is quite an inheritance to have squandered .
- 2. It is also about inheritance and income gaps .
- 3. And that-the inheritance of an acquired characteristic-is quite startling .
- 4. The law gives same-sex couples full inheritance and adoption rights .
- 5. And those views are shaped by cultural inheritance , more so than people may realize .