inherit

Significado (Inglés)

  1. (transitive) To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.
  2. (intransitive, transitive) To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.
  3. (transitive) To take possession of as a right (especially in Biblical translations).
  4. (transitive) To receive a characteristic from one's ancestors by genetic transmission.
  5. (transitive) To derive from people or conditions previously in force.
  6. (transitive) To derive (existing functionality) from a superclass.
  7. (transitive) To derive a new class from (a superclass).
  8. (obsolete, transitive) To put in possession of.

Conceptos

Opuesto a
bequeath, leave
Frecuencia

C1
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ɪnˈhɛɹɪt/
Etimología (Inglés)

In summary

From Middle English enheriten, from Old French enheriter, from Late Latin inhereditare (“make heir”). Displaced native Old English ierfan.

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