inheritance

Definitions

1. The passing of title to an estate upon death.
   countable, uncountable
2. The process by which traits or characteristics pass from parents to offspring through the genes.
3. That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament, such as the part of an estate (i.e., a portion).
   countable
4. herencia. V.: heredity
5. The act or mechanism of inheriting; the state of having inherited.
   especially, uncountable
6. The action of inheriting something: the inheritance of property from a relative.
7. The biological attributes passed hereditarily from ancestors to their offspring.
   countable, uncountable
8. Something regarded as a heritage: the cultural inheritance of Rome. See Synonyms at heritage.
9. The mechanism whereby parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclass.
   countable, uncountable
10. Biology a. The process of genetic transmission of characteristics from parent or ancestor to offspring.
    Biology
11. (Law) law a. hereditary succession to an estate, title, etc
    law
12. the act of inheriting
13. something inherited; heritage
14. (Genetics) the derivation of characteristics of one generation from an earlier one by heredity
15. (Law) obsolete hereditary rights
    obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“The Indo-European languages share⟳ various similarities as a result⟳ of their inheritance from a common ancestor.”

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