Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The passing of title to an estate upon death.

    Erbschaft

    насле́дованиеnaslédovanije

    спадкува́нняspadkuvánnja, наслі́дуванняnaslíduvannja

    that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner

  2. (countable)That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament, such as the part of an estate (i.e., a portion).

    Erbe, Erbteil

    насле́дствоnaslédstvo

    спадокspadok, спа́дщинаspádščyna

  3. (especially, uncountable)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. (countable, uncountable)The biological attributes passed hereditarily from ancestors to their offspring.

    Erbschaft

    насле́дованиеnaslédovanije

    спадко́вістьspadkóvistʹ

    (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents

  5. (countable, uncountable)The mechanism whereby parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclass.

    насле́дованиеnaslédovanije

    наслідуванняnasliduvannja

Examples

65 sentences
  1. Tom squandered his entire inheritance.

    Том розтратив усю свою спадщину. — deniko

    ruТом промотал всё своё наследство. — odexed

    deTom hat seine ganze Erbschaft vergeudet. — raggione

  2. Tom's father left him a pretty substantial inheritance.

  3. Tom has no inheritance.

    ruУ Тома нет наследства. — odexed

  4. I've already spent my inheritance.

  5. What inheritance are you talking about?

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 4
passing of title:
that which a person is entitled to inherit:
biological attributes passed to offspring:
programming: mechanism for making parts of superclass available to subclass:
Русский
By meaning 2
passing of title:
that which a person is entitled to inherit:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
passing of title:
that which a person is entitled to inherit:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English enheritaunce, inheritaunce, borrowed from Anglo-Norman, Old

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

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Forms

plural: inheritances
Singularinheritance
Pluralinheritances

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • hereditary succession to a title or an office or property:heritage
  • any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors:heritage
  • (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents:hereditary pattern
  • that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner:heritage

Word family

16 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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