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.

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