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Vinony

inheritance

noun

  1. property assigned to relations after death
  2. biological trait passed from parent to child
  3. object-oriented programming concept
  4. derivation of words passed naturally from generation to generation, with only regular and predictable changes occurring
  5. receipt from a predecessor
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ɪnˈhɛɹɪtəns/ / /ɪnˈhɛɹɪˌtəns/

noun

Etymology: Inherited from Middle English enheritaunce, inheritaunce, borrowed from Anglo-Norman, Old French enheritaunce, from enheriter. By surface analysis, inherit + -ance.

  1. The passing of title to an estate upon death.
  2. That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament, such as the part of an estate (i.e., a portion).
  3. The act or mechanism of inheriting; the state of having inherited.

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

  4. The biological attributes passed hereditarily from ancestors to their offspring.
  5. The mechanism whereby parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclass.