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inherit
/ˌɪnˈhɛɹət/
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What does inherit mean?
verb
- To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest, usually after the previous owner's death.
- To come into an inheritance.
- To take possession of as a right (especially in Biblical translations).
More meanings (5)
verb
- To receive a characteristic from one's ancestors by genetic transmission.
- To derive from people or conditions previously in force.
- To derive (existing functionality) from a superclass.
- To derive a new class from (a superclass).
- (obsolete) To put in possession of.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌɪnˈhɛɹət/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
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See this word in context.
He gave himself out to be the son of a general who was going to inherit a large sum of money.
Anarchism, on the contrary, fears that in that case the State might merely inherit the tyrannical propensities of the private capitalist.
More book examples (3)
Well, when we inherit property, it does not occur to us to throw it away, even when we do not value it.
He might thus do far more good to his tribe than by begetting offspring with a tendency to inherit his own high character.
A certain family may inherit a predisposition to disease through the faulty or insufficient development of an organ or group of organs.