Definition: 1. Obtain from someone after their death. 2. To receive money, property, etc. from someone when they die. 3. Receive from a predecessor. 4. Receive by genetic transmission.
Use 'inherit' in a sentence:
1. Harry inherited the house and a sizeable chunk of land.
2. Grammars can inherit from other grammars.
3. He's inherited his father's explosive temper.
4. His mother inherited a farm worth 15,000 dollars a year.
5. A frame can inherit content from a previous or an earlier frame.
6. Princess Alexandra was to inherit the title of Duchess of Fife.
7. Carl and Martin may inherit their grandmother's possessions when she dies. The thought agitates her.
8. Because it is carried by a dominant gene, an affected individual can expect about half of his or her children to inherit the illness.
9. I intended that my son should inherit my business.
10. All of our cultural heritage which is useful should be inherited, but in a critical way.
11. Sure, a bunch of them were lucky enough to inherit their wealth.
12. He inherited over a million dollars and blew it all on drink and gambling.
13. We must inherit in a critical way.
14. I just hope Laszlo didn't inherit her mouth.
15. But the meek will inherit the land and enjoy great peace.
16. It's good to inherit the (bulk of the) family company.
17. Stammering is probably an inherited defect.
18. Our legal system inherited laws from the English system.
19. Then, other animals will inherit from this base.
20. Yes, traits can inherit classes.
21. Women are forbidden to inherit land.
22. Sometimes they merely inherit it from a superclass.
23. All classes inherit from a common base class.
24. I don't have to inherit from anything.
25. This is the mess that Mr Brown is about to inherit.
26. New directories also inherit the same cipher.
27. Encourage him, because he will lead Israel to inherit it.
28. He inherited a large fortune from his father.
29. We think that Mary inherits her blue eyes from her father.
30. Her children have inherited her love of sport.
31. Could fetuses inherit property?
32. Once set, all users in the specified group inherit the authority.
33. I was lucky enough to inherit a couple of fine China tea cups.
34. You know who's going to inherit the Earth?
35. He had made away with all the money he inherited from his father.
36. They are to inherit 100,000 US dollars.
37. Doctors say the disease is probably inherited but not detectable at birth.
38. A frame can inherit content from a sketch.
39. The government inherited an impossible situation from its predecessors.
40. Meaning: it is bad luck to inherit a ring from an unhappy marriage.
41. Sheila will inherit everything in the event of his death.
42. As a mother, I agonize over what my children will inherit.
43. I have the ambition to inherit some property.
44. The main aim of inbreeding is to standardise, to fix desirable inherited characteristics and to dispel undesirable ones.
45. Good as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one.
46. She inherited a fortune from her father.
47. Cecil inherited a family property near Stamford.
48. She had not inherited her mother's forgiving nature.
49. He has no son to inherit his land.
50. The present duke inherited the title from his father.
51. She inherited our father's thick, wavy hair.
52. He intended that his son should inherit his business.
53. We inherit from our parents many of our physical characteristics.
