Inherit Meaning
/ɪnˈhɛɹɪt/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.
verbTo receive (property, a title, etc.), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death., To come into an inheritance.
Sentence Examples
I will inherit his estate.
Remember that we will inherit the results of your decisions.
CEFR Practice Quiz
After her grandfather died, she will ____ his beautiful old farmhouse.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The young princess will ____ the throne from her father when he chooses to step down.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English enheriten, from Old French enheriter, from Late Latin inhereditare (“make heir”). Displaced native Old English ierfan.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’"
— 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
"For example, the following two code segments, from different assemblies, show how easy it is to inherit a class from another assembly."
— 2006, Daniel Solis, Illustrated C# 2005:
"This, or else nothing, will inherit her"
— c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After her grandfather died, she will ____ his beautiful old farmhouse.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The young princess will ____ the throne from her father when he chooses to step down.