inheritance

inheritance
[[t]ɪnhe̱rɪt(ə)ns[/t]]
inheritances
1) N-VAR An inheritance is money or property which you receive from someone who has died.

She feared losing her inheritance to her stepmother.

2) N-COUNT: usu sing, with supp, oft with poss If you get something such as job, problem, or attitude from someone who used to have it, you can refer to this as an inheritance.

...starvation and disease over much of Europe and Asia, which was Truman's inheritance as President.

Syn:
3) N-SING: also no det, with supp Your inheritance is the particular characteristics or qualities which your family or ancestors had and which you are born with.

Eye colour shows more than your genetic inheritance, however.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • inheritance — [in her′i təns] n. [ME inheritauns < Anglo Fr & OFr enheritance] 1. the action of inheriting 2. something inherited or to be inherited; legacy; bequest 3. ownership by virtue of birthright; right to inherit 4. anything received as if by… …   English World dictionary

  • inheritance — inheritance. См. наследование. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • Inheritance — (engl., spr. Inherritänns), Erblehen, Erbgut. Inheritor, Erbe …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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  • Inheritance —   [engl.], Vererbung …   Universal-Lexikon

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  • inheritance — *heritage, patrimony, birthright …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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