inheritverb
uk/ɪnˈher.ɪt/us/ɪnˈher.ɪt/inherit verb (FROM DEAD PERSON)
C2 [ I or T ] to receive money, a house, etc. from someone after they have died:
Who will inherit the house when he dies?
All her children will inherit equally.
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- She will inherit her father's estate when she is 21.
- She inherited a fortune from her grandmother.
- Would you quit your job if you inherited lots of money?
- He inherited the family business, but he had little interest in it and soon sold it.
- The chief's son would inherit all his lands and rights.
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Inheriting & bequeathing
- advance directive
- beneficiary
- bequeath
- bequest
- codicil
- cut
- heir apparent
- heiress
- heirloom
- inheritor
- intestate
- leave
- legacy
- pass
- probate
- residue
- settle sth on sb
- settle your affairs idiom
- survivor
- transfer
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inherit verb (QUALITY)
C2 [ T ] to be born with the same physical or mental characteristics as one of your parents or grandparents:
Rosie inherited her red hair from her mother.
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Innate and congenital
- birth
- born
- born and bred idiom
- congenital
- descend
- descend from sth
- heritable
- inborn
- inbred
- inclined
- inheritance
- innate
- instinct
- instinctive
- native
- natural
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Genetics
inherit verb (PROBLEM)
[ T ] to begin to have responsibility for a problem or situation that previously existed or belonged to another person:
When I took on the job of manager, I inherited certain financial problems.
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Dealing with things or people
- attend to sb/sth
- beard the lion (in his/her den) idiom
- come up against sth
- come/get to grips with sth idiom
- confront
- cut
- firefight
- firefighting
- get sth in
- jump-start
- negotiate
- overcome
- process
- reckon
- reckon with sb/sth
- see about sth
- see to sth/sb
- set about sth
- turn
- weather
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