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English noun: inheritance | |||
| 1. | inheritance (act) hereditary succession to a title or an office or property | ||
| Synonyms | heritage | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | acquisition | ||
| 2. | inheritance (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 | heritage | ||
| 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 | ||
| 3. | inheritance (attribute) (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents | ||
| Synonyms | hereditary pattern | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | genetic endowment, heredity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ancestry, derivation, filiation, gene linkage, lineage, linkage, X-linked dominant inheritance, X-linked recessive inheritance | ||
| Domain category | genetic science, genetics | ||
| 4. | inheritance (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 | heritage | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | attribute | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | background, birthright, birthright, upbringing | ||
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