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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024he•red•i•tar•y /həˈrɛdɪˌtɛri/USA pronunciation adj. - Geneticspassing, or capable of passing, naturally from parent to young through the genes:a hereditary disease.
- of or relating to inheritance:a hereditary title.
- existing because of tradition:[before a noun]hereditary enemies for centuries.
he•red•i•tar•i•ly /hərɛdɪˈtɛrəli/USA pronunciation adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024he•red•i•tar•y (hə red′i ter′ē),USA pronunciation adj. - Geneticspassing, or capable of passing, naturally from parent to offspring through the genes:Blue eyes are hereditary in our family.Cf. congenital.
- of or pertaining to inheritance or heredity:a hereditary title.
- existing by reason of feeling, opinions, or prejudices held by predecessors:a hereditary enemy.
- Law
- descending by inheritance.
- transmitted or transmissible in the line of descent by force of law.
- holding title, rights, etc., by inheritance:a hereditary proprietor.
- [Math.]
- Mathematics(of a collection of sets) signifying that each subset of a set in the collection is itself a set in the collection.
- Mathematicsof or pertaining to a mathematical property, as containing a greatest integer, applicable to every subset of a set that has the property.
- Latin hērēditārius relating to inheritance, equivalent. to hērēdit(ās) inheritance, heredity + -ārius -ary
- 1375–1425; late Middle English
he•red•i•tar•i•ly (hi red′i târ′ə lē, -red′i ter′-),USA pronunciation adv. he•red′i•tar′i•ness, n. - 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See innate.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged ancestral, traditional.
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