Dictionary entry details
• INHERITANCE (noun)
Meaning:
Hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
inheritance; heritage
Hypernyms ("inheritance" is a kind of...):
acquisition (the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something)
Meaning:
That which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
inheritance; heritage
Hypernyms ("inheritance" is a kind of...):
transferred possession; transferred property (a possession whose ownership changes or lapses)
Meronyms (parts of "inheritance"):
heirloom ((law) any property that is considered by law or custom as inseparable from an inheritance is inherited with that inheritance)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inheritance"):
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))
bequest; legacy ((law) a gift of personal property by will)
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)
Meaning:
(genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
hereditary pattern; inheritance
Hypernyms ("inheritance" is a kind of...):
genetic endowment; heredity (the total of inherited attributes)
Domain category:
genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inheritance"):
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)
X-linked dominant inheritance (hereditary pattern in which a dominant gene on the X chromosome causes a characteristic to be manifested in the offspring)
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))
ancestry; derivation; filiation; lineage (inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline)
Meaning:
Any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
heritage; inheritance
Context examples:
my only inheritance was my mother's blessing / the world's heritage of knowledge
Hypernyms ("inheritance" is a kind of...):
attribute (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of an entity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inheritance"):
birthright (personal characteristics that are inherited at birth)
background (a person's social heritage: previous experience or training)
birthright (a right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth)
upbringing (properties acquired during a person's formative years)
