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to inherit
01
to receive money, property, etc. from someone who has passed away
Transitive: to inherit money or property
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
inherit
3rd person singular
inherits
Present participle
inheriting
Past simple
inherited
Past participle
inherited
Examples
After her grandmother 's passing, she inherited a beautiful antique necklace.
02
to receive traits or attributes from a previous generation through genetic inheritance
Transitive: to inherit a trait
Examples
She inherited her father's blue eyes and her mother's curly hair.
03
to receive or be left with a situation, object, or condition from a predecessor or former owner
Transitive: to inherit a situation or object from sb
Examples
The new CEO inherited a company struggling with financial difficulties from her predecessor.
Lexical Tree
disinherit
heritable
heritor
inherit
