inherited

/ษชnหˆhษ›ษนษชtษชd/

IPA: /IH0 N HH EH1 R AH0 T IH0 D/

verb
  1. 1

    To take possession of as a right (especially in Biblical translations).

    โ€œYour descendants will inherit the earth.โ€

  2. 2

    To receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.

    โ€œAfter Grandad died, I inherited the house.โ€

  3. 3

    To receive a characteristic from one's ancestors by genetic transmission.

    โ€œLet's hope the baby inherits his mother's looks and his father's intelligence.โ€

  4. 4

    To derive from people or conditions previously in force.

    โ€œThis country has inherited an invidious class culture.โ€

  5. 5

    To come into an inheritance.

    โ€œLucky old Daniel โ€“ his grandfather died rich, and he's inherited.โ€

  6. 6

    To derive (existing functionality) from a superclass.

    โ€œModalWindow inherits all the properties and methods of Window.โ€

  7. 7

    To derive a new class from (a superclass).

  8. 8

    To put in possession of.

adjective
  1. 1

    Obtained via an inheritance

    โ€œinherited moneyโ€

  2. 2

    Hereditary.

    โ€œan inherited diseaseโ€

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inherit, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inherited