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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024in•her•it•ance /ɪnˈhɛrɪtəns/USA pronunciation n. - something inherited;
legacy: [countable]a large inheritance from her mother's estate.[uncountable]the rules governing inheritance of cattle. - the receiving of a genetic characteristic or trait:[uncountable]the inheritance of blue eyes.
- something received from a predecessor:[uncountable]the inheritance of a budget deficit.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•her•it•ance (in her′i təns),USA pronunciation n. - something that is or may be inherited;
property passing at the owner's death to the heir or those entitled to succeed;
legacy. - the genetic characters transmitted from parent to offspring, taken collectively.
- something, as a quality, characteristic, or other immaterial possession, received from progenitors or predecessors as if by succession:an inheritance of family pride.
- the act or fact of inheriting by succession, as if by succession, or genetically:to receive property by inheritance.
- portion;
birthright;
heritage:Absolute rule was considered the inheritance of kings. - [Obs.]right of possession;
ownership.
- Anglo-French. See inherit, -ance
- Middle English enheritance 1375–1425
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged patrimony; bequest. Inheritance, heritage denote something inherited. Inheritance is the common term for property or any possession that comes to an heir:He received the farm as an inheritance from his parents.Heritage indicates something that is bequeathed to a subsequent generation by an individual or by society:our cultural heritage from Greece and Rome.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: inheritance /ɪnˈhɛrɪtəns/ n - hereditary succession to an estate, title, etc
- the right of an heir to succeed to property on the death of an ancestor
- something that may legally be transmitted to an heir
- the act of inheriting
- something inherited; heritage
- the derivation of characteristics of one generation from an earlier one by heredity
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