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- DictionaryIn·her·it·ance/inˈherəd(ə)ns/
noun
- 1. a thing that is inherited: "he came into a comfortable inheritance"
1. : something that is or may be inherited. 2. a. : the act of inheriting property. b. : the reception of genetic qualities by transmission from parent to offspring. c. : the acquisition of a possession, condition, or trait from past generations.
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 definition: 1. money or objects that someone gives you when they die: 2. a physical or mental characteristic…. Learn more.
INHERITANCE meaning: 1. money or objects that someone gives you when they die: 2. a physical or mental characteristic…. Learn more.
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. A title that passes with death is also called an inheritance.
inheritance. noun. /ɪnˈherɪtəns/. /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.
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.
1. something that is or may be inherited; property passing at the owner's death to the heir or those entitled to succeed; legacy. 2. the genetic characters transmitted from parent to offspring. 3. something, as a quality or characteristic, received from progenitors or predecessors. 4. the act or fact of inheriting.
Something inherited or to be inherited; legacy; bequest. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Something regarded as a heritage. The cultural inheritance of Rome. American Heritage Medicine. Ownership by virtue of birthright; right to inherit. Webster's New World. Anything received as if by inheritance from a predecessor. Webster's New World.
something, as a quality, characteristic, or other immaterial possession, received from progenitors or predecessors as if by succession: an inheritance of family pride. the act or fact of inheriting by succession, as if by succession, or genetically: to receive property by inheritance.
