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English noun: heritage | |||
| 1. | heritage (cognition) practices that are handed down from the past by tradition | ||
| Samples | A heritage of freedom. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | practice | ||
| 2. | heritage (attribute) any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors | ||
| Samples | My only inheritance was my mother's blessing. The world's heritage of knowledge. | ||
| Synonyms | inheritance | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | attribute | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | background, birthright, birthright, upbringing | ||
| 3. | heritage (possession) that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner | ||
| Synonyms | inheritance | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | transferred possession, transferred property | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | accretion, bequest, birthright, borough English, devise, heirloom, legacy, patrimony, primogeniture | ||
| Part holonym | heirloom | ||
| Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||
| 4. | heritage (act) hereditary succession to a title or an office or property | ||
| Synonyms | inheritance | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | acquisition | ||
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