inherited

Meaning

Verb

simple past and past participle of inherit

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Obtained via an inheritance
2. (not-comparable) hereditary.

inherit

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.

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Synonyms

hereditary

familial

inherit

transmissible

transmitted

genetic

inherent

inheritable

innate

inner

intrinsic

mental

native

natural

patrimonial

inheritable character

handed down

ancestral

transferred by inheritance

atavistic

descendent

devolve

heritable

inborn

Translations

héréditaire

موروث

ererbt

ererbte

geerbt

mitgeschleppter

hérité

genético

geistig

innerlich

intrinsisch

hereditario

seelisch

Heredität

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪnˈhɛɹɪtɪd/

Sentences

These changes are called somatic mutations and are not inherited .