inherits
Meaning of inherits
verb, 3rd person present
- 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’.
Information about inherits
- It is a verb.
- The singular form of inherits is: inherit.
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Hyphenation of inherits
in-her-its
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- inherits is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
inherits synonyms
Meaning suppose to be the case, without proof:
Words that rhyme with inherits
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