inherited
Meaning of inherited
- (of money, property, or a title) received as an heir at the death of the previous holder.
inherited wealth
- (of a quality, characteristic, or predisposition) derived genetically from one's parents or ancestors.
inherited diseases
- receive (money, property, or a title) as an heir at the death of the previous holder.
she inherited a fortune from her father
- derive (a quality, characteristic, or predisposition) genetically from one's parents or ancestors.
- receive or be left with (a situation, object, etc.) from a predecessor or former owner.
spending commitments inherited from previous governments
Middle English enherite ‘receive as a right’, from Old French enheriter, from late Latin inhereditare ‘appoint as heir’, from Latin in- ‘in’ + heres, hered- ‘heir’.
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Hyphenation of inherited
in-her-ited
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- inherited is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
inherited synonyms
Meaning familial:
familial, genetic, hereditary, transmitted, transmissible
Meaning suppose to be the case, without proof:
Translation of inherited
- Spanish: heredado
Words that rhyme with inherited
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