inherit
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɪnˈhɛɹɪt/
inherit (inherits, present participle inheriting; past and past participle inherited)
- (transitive) To take possession of as a right (especially in Biblical translations).
- Your descendants will inherit the earth.
- (transitive) To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.
- After Grandad died, I inherited the house.
- (transitive, biology) 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.
- (transitive) To derive from people or conditions previously in force.
- This country has inherited an invidious class culture.
- (intransitive) To come into an inheritance.
- Lucky old Daniel – his grandfather died rich, and he's inherited.
- (computing, programming, transitive) To derive (existing functionality) from a superclass.
- ModalWindow inherits all the properties and methods of Window.
- (computing, programming, transitive) To derive a new class from (a superclass).
- (transitive, obsolete) To put in possession of.
- French: hériter
- German: übernehmen, erben
- Italian: ereditare
- Portuguese: herdar
- Russian: насле́довать
- Spanish: heredar
- German: erben, vererben
- Italian: ereditare, prendere
- Portuguese: herdar
- Russian: насле́довать
- Spanish: heredar
- Portuguese: herdar
- Russian: насле́довать
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