inherit
verb /ɪnˈherɪt/
/ɪnˈherɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they inherit | /ɪnˈherɪt/ /ɪnˈherɪt/ |
| he / she / it inherits | /ɪnˈherɪts/ /ɪnˈherɪts/ |
| past simple inherited | /ɪnˈherɪtɪd/ /ɪnˈherɪtɪd/ |
| past participle inherited | /ɪnˈherɪtɪd/ /ɪnˈherɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form inheriting | /ɪnˈherɪtɪŋ/ /ɪnˈherɪtɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to receive money, property, etc. from somebody when they die
- inherit something from somebody She inherited a fortune from her father.
- inherit (something) He will inherit the title on the death of his uncle.
- Does he know that she stands to inherit?
Wordfinder- ancestor
- branch
- descent
- dynasty
- family tree
- genealogy
- generation
- inherit
- relation
- trace
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyb2- He stood to inherit (= was likely to inherit) property worth over five million.
- She inherited some money from her mother.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + inherit- stand to
- from
- be genetically inherited
- [transitive] to have qualities, physical features, etc. that are similar to those of your parents, grandparents, etc.
- inherit something He has inherited his mother's patience.
- Is this an inherited disease?
- How many of these traits are genetically inherited?
- inherit something from somebody She inherited a passion for music from her grandfather.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + inherit- stand to
- from
- be genetically inherited
- [transitive] inherit something (from somebody) if you inherit a particular situation from somebody, you are now responsible for dealing with it, especially because you have replaced that person in their job
- policies inherited from the previous administration
- I inherited a number of problems from my predecessor.
Word OriginMiddle English enherite ‘receive as a right’, from Old French enheriter, from late Latin inhereditare ‘appoint as heir’, from Latin in- ‘in’ + heres, hered- ‘heir’.