inheritance

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noun

1. hereditary succession to a title or an office or property (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
heritage
• Derivationally related forms:
inherit
• Hypernyms:
acquisition
2. any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
- my only inheritance was my mother's blessing
- the world's heritage of knowledge
• Syn:
heritage
• Hypernyms:
attribute
• Hyponyms:
birthright, background, upbringing
3. that which is inherited;
a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
• Syn:
heritage
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Hypernyms:
transferred property, transferred possession
• Hyponyms:
primogeniture, borough English, accretion, bequest, legacy,
birthright, patrimony, devise, heirloom
• Part Meronyms:
heirloom
4. (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents
• Syn:
hereditary pattern
• Derivationally related forms:
inherit
• Topics:
genetics, genetic science
• Hypernyms:
heredity, genetic endowment
• Hyponyms:
ancestry, lineage, derivation, filiation, linkage,
gene linkage, X-linked dominant inheritance, X-linked recessive inheritance

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  heritage, hereditary pattern