in·her·i·tance ( n-h r -t ns)n. 1. a. The act of inheriting. b. Something inherited or to be inherited. 2. Something regarded as a heritage: the cultural inheritance of Rome. See Synonyms at heritage. 3. Biology a. The process of genetic transmission of characteristics from parents to offspring. b. A characteristic so inherited. c. The sum of characteristics genetically transmitted from parents to offspring. |
inheritance [ɪnˈhɛrɪtəns]
n
1. (Law) Law
a. hereditary succession to an estate, title, etc.
b. the right of an heir to succeed to property on the death of an ancestor
c. something that may legally be transmitted to an heir
2. the act of inheriting
3. something inherited; heritage
4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Genetics) the derivation of characteristics of one generation from an earlier one by heredity
5. (Law) Obsolete hereditary rights
| inheritance (n-hr-tns) The process by which traits or characteristics pass from parents to offspring through the genes. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  inheritance - hereditary succession to a title or an office or propertyacquisition - the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something; "the acquisition of wealth"; "the acquisition of one company by another" |
| 2. | inheritance - that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" transferred possession, transferred property - a possession whose ownership changes or lapses primogeniture - right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son borough English - a former English custom by which the youngest son inherited land to the exclusion of his older brothers accretion - (law) an increase in a beneficiary's share in an estate (as when a co-beneficiary dies or fails to meet some condition or rejects the inheritance) birthright, patrimony - an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture) devise - (law) a gift of real property by will heirloom - something that has been in a family for generations heirloom - (law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance | |
| 3. | inheritance - (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents genetic endowment, heredity - the total of inherited attributes ancestry, filiation, lineage, derivation - inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline gene linkage, linkage - (genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go) X-linked dominant inheritance - hereditary pattern in which a dominant gene on the X chromosome causes a characteristic to be manifested in the offspring X-linked recessive inheritance - hereditary pattern in which a recessive gene on the X chromosome results in the manifestation of characteristics in male offspring and a carrier state in female offspring genetic science, genetics - the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms | |
| 4. | inheritance - any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors; "my only inheritance was my mother's blessing"; "the world's heritage of knowledge" attribute - an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity birthright - personal characteristics that are inherited at birth background - a person's social heritage: previous experience or training; "he is a lawyer with a sports background" birthright - a right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth; "free public education is the birthright of every American child" upbringing - properties acquired during a person's formative years |
inheritance
Translations
inheritance [ɪnˈherɪtəns]
A. N → herencia f (fig) → patrimonio m
she received a small inheritance from her aunt → su tía le dejó una pequeña herencia
she received a small inheritance from her aunt → su tía le dejó una pequeña herencia
inheritance [ɪnˈhɛrɪtəns] n
(= money, property) → héritage m
to come into one's inheritance → entrer en possession de son héritage
to come into one's inheritance → entrer en possession de son héritage
(= inherited situation, problem) → héritage m
our cultural inheritance → notre héritage culturel
inheritance tax n → droits mpl de succession
our cultural inheritance → notre héritage culturel
inheritance tax n → droits mpl de succession
inheritance
n → Erbe nt (also fig), → Erbschaft f; it passed to him through or by inheritance → er hat es durch eine Erbschaft bekommen; inheritance tax → Erbschaftssteuer f
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