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inheritance::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | heritage |
| Type of | attribute |
| Has types | upbringing, birthright, background |
my only inheritance was my mother's blessing.
inheritance::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | heritage |
| Type of | transferred possession, transferred property |
| Has types | patrimony, primogeniture, devise, borough english, birthright, heirloom, bequest, legacy, accretion |
inheritance::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | heritage |
| Type of | acquisition |
| Derivation | inherit |
inheritance::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hereditary pattern |
| Type of | heredity, genetic endowment |
| Has types | x-linked recessive inheritance, ancestry, derivation, filiation, gene linkage, lineage, linkage, x-linked dominant inheritance |
| Derivation | inherit |
Examples of inheritance
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Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance of longevity in Caenorhabditis elegans.
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Parks also are an inheritance that current generations safeguard for the future.
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We would like to maximize the inheritance while minimizing any tax implications.
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Parental studies suggested recessive inheritance with no carrier manifestations.
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Until seven years ago, South Korean women did not have equal inheritance rights.
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Any argument from immorality against leaving an inheritance is on shaky grounds.
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Myopia has many causes, some related to inheritance and some to the environment.
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That has raised the number of international inheritance cases to 360,000 a year.
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Its inheritance is 33 percent, and it has a penetrance of 7 percent in families.
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- Hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
- That which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
- (genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents
- Any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors; "my only inheritance was my mother's blessing"; "the world's heritage of knowledge"
- (inherit) obtain from someone after their death; "I inherited a castle from my French grandparents"
- (inherit) receive from a predecessor; "The new chairman inherited many problems from the previous chair"
- Inheritance is the practice of passing on property, titles, debts, and obligations upon the death of an individual. It has long played an important role in human societies. The rules of inheritance differ between societies and have changed over time.
- Inheritance is the second album by the Australian thrash metal band Hobbs' Angel of Death.
- Heredity is the passing of traits to offspring (from its parent or ancestors). This is the process by which an offspring cell or organism acquires or becomes predisposed to the characteristics of its parent cell or organism. ...
