inherit
Meaning of inherit
verb
- To take possession of as a right (especially in Biblical translations).
Your descendants will inherit the earth.
- To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.
After Grandad died, I inherited the house.
- To receive a characteristic from one's ancestors by genetic transmission.
Let's hope the baby inherits his mother's looks and his father's intelligence.
- To derive from people or conditions previously in force.
This country has inherited an invidious class culture.
- To come into an inheritance.
Lucky old Daniel – his grandfather died rich, and he's inherited.
- To derive (existing functionality) from a superclass.
ModalWindow inherits all the properties and methods of Window.
- To derive a new class from (a superclass).
- To put in possession of.
Information about inherit
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of inherit is: inherits.
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Hyphenation of inherit
in-herit
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- inherit is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Translation of inherit
Anagrams of inherit
Words that rhyme with inherit
erit, Berit, Piderit, deleerit, disherit, disinherit, enherit, preinherit, reinherit, ozokerit, demerit, dismerit, emerit, immerit, merit, overmerit, premerit, promerit, perit, antepreterit, preterit, habuerit, Zerit
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