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inheritance

释义

inheritance

noun

UK /ɪnˈherɪt(ə)ns/

Word Forms

singular	inheritance
plural	inheritances

1
countable property or money that you receive from someone when they die
advice for people who have recently received an inheritance
Synonyms and related words
Inheritance, inheriting and heritage
an accident of birth
be descended from
beneficiary
1. 1a
  uncountable the process of inheriting money or property
  French laws of inheritance
  the inheritance of property
  Synonyms and related words
  Inheritance, inheriting and heritage
  an accident of birth
  be descended from
  beneficiary
2
countable something that you receive from your parents or from people who lived before you
The three countries shared a common linguistic and religious inheritance.
Synonyms and related words
Inheritance, inheriting and heritage
an accident of birth
be descended from
beneficiary
1. 2a
  uncountable the process of receiving something from your parents or from people who lived before you
  the inheritance of a gift for music
  Synonyms and related words
  Inheritance, inheriting and heritage
  an accident of birth
  be descended from
  beneficiary
3
uncountable biologythe process by which characteristics are passed to a living thing from its parents through their genes
Synonyms and related words
Genes and genetics
allele
carrier
carry

inheritance

noun

US /ɪnˈherɪt(ə)ns/

Word Forms

singular	inheritance
plural	inheritances

1
countable property or money that you receive from someone when they die
advice for people who have recently received an inheritance
Synonyms and related words
Inheritance, inheriting and heritage
an accident of birth
be descended from
beneficiary
1. 1a
  uncountable the process of inheriting money or property
  French laws of inheritance
  the inheritance of property
  Synonyms and related words
  Inheritance, inheriting and heritage
  an accident of birth
  be descended from
  beneficiary
2
countable something that you receive from your parents or from people who lived before you
The three countries shared a common linguistic and religious inheritance.
Synonyms and related words
Inheritance, inheriting and heritage
an accident of birth
be descended from
beneficiary
1. 2a
  uncountable the process of receiving something from your parents or from people who lived before you
  the inheritance of a gift for music
  Synonyms and related words
  Inheritance, inheriting and heritage
  an accident of birth
  be descended from
  beneficiary

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