vverb.possessionobtain from someone after their deathExamples:- I inherited a castle from my French grandparents
Derivationally Related Form:inheritorinheritance
Hypernyms:acquire get
Inherited Hypernyms:inheritget
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s something from somebody
vverb.possessionreceive from a predecessorExamples:- The new chairman inherited many problems from the previous chair
Inherited Hypernyms:inherit
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.possessionreceive by genetic transmissionExamples:- I inherited my good eyesight from my mother
Derivationally Related Form:inheritance
Hypernyms:have receive
Inherited Hypernyms:inheritreceiveget
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
adj satadj.alloccurring among members of a family usually by hereditySynset:familial genetic hereditary transmissible transmitted
Examples:- an inherited disease
- familial traits
- genetically transmitted features
Antonyms:noninheritable
Derivationally Related Form:heredityfamilytransmit
Inherited Hypernyms:familial
Similar to:heritable inheritable