inheritance
UK /ɪnˈhɛɹɪtəns/ US /ɪnˈhɛɹɪtəns/
noun 5
Definitions
noun
1
The passing of title to an estate upon death.
2
That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament, such as the part of an estate (i.e., a portion).
3
The act or mechanism of inheriting; the state of having inherited.
The Indo-European languages share various similarities as a result of their inheritance from a common ancestor.
4
The biological attributes passed hereditarily from ancestors to their offspring.
5
The mechanism whereby parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclass.
Your note
not saved0 chars