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inheritance

[ in-her-i-tuhns ]

noun

  1. something that is or may be inherited; property passing at the owner's death to the heir or those entitled to succeed; legacy.

    Synonyms: ,

  2. the genetic characters transmitted from parent to offspring, taken collectively.
  3. something, as a quality, characteristic, or other immaterial possession, received from progenitors or predecessors as if by succession:

    an inheritance of family pride.

  4. the act or fact of inheriting by succession, as if by succession, or genetically:

    to receive property by inheritance.

  5. portion; birthright; heritage:

    Absolute rule was considered the inheritance of kings.

  6. Obsolete. right of possession; ownership.


inheritance

/ 瑟苍藞丑蓻谤瑟迟蓹苍蝉 /

noun

  1. law
    1. hereditary succession to an estate, title, etc
    2. the right of an heir to succeed to property on the death of an ancestor
    3. something that may legally be transmitted to an heir
  2. the act of inheriting
  3. something inherited; heritage
  4. the derivation of characteristics of one generation from an earlier one by heredity
  5. obsolete.
    hereditary rights
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

inheritance

  1. The process by which traits or characteristics pass from parents to offspring through the genes.
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of inheritance1

First recorded in 1375鈥1425; Middle English enheritance, from Anglo-French; equivalent to inherit + -ance
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Synonym Study

Inheritance, heritage denote something inherited. 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.
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Some told us they had treated elderly people with family members they suspected of being more focussed on their inheritance than their relatives.

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"I think it was a short conclave in part because Pope Francis left us with a good inheritance," the cardinal said.

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They routinely lived beyond their means, running up bills even as Twain, a reckless investor with terrible business sense, gambled with both his publishing earnings and her inheritance.

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It soon becomes clear, though, that Sammy鈥檚 intentions aren鈥檛 entirely virtuous, as Burt shares he has money from an inheritance stashed away.

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This is testimony to his inheritance from Klopp, but also to the shrewd strategy he employed to such triumphant effect.

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