heritage
noun /ˈherɪtɪdʒ/
/ˈherɪtɪdʒ/
[usually singular]- Spain’s rich cultural heritage
- The building is part of our national heritage.
Extra ExamplesTopics Historyc1, Family and relationshipsc1- Folk songs are part of our common heritage.
- I will not abandon my religious heritage.
- It's a family-run business that traces its heritage back to 1884.
- She made a conscious attempt to explore her Jewish heritage.
- The city has an exceptionally rich heritage of historic buildings.
- The country has a long and proud heritage.
- The performance shows how African Americans celebrate their heritage.
- The site has UNESCO World Heritage status.
- They share a common ethnic heritage.
- an organization whose aim is to protect our heritage of wild plants
- the 40 million or so Americans who claim an Irish heritage
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- glorious
- precious
- proud
- …
- have
- claim
- conserve
- …
- attraction
- building
- centre/center
- …
- (in compounds) used to describe a traditional product, brand, type of animal or plant variety, especially one that is old-fashioned, rare and of high quality
- Cotswold sheep are considered a heritage breed in Canada.
- Heritage carrots are not always orange in colour.
- They work with some of Britain's oldest heritage brands, including Jaguar, Harrods and the BBC.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French heritage, from heriter ‘inherit’, from ecclesiastical Latin hereditare, from Latin heres, hered- ‘heir’.