How do you use Hereditary in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like transmissible or inheritable, plus the exact meaning.
Hereditary in a sentence
Hereditary meaning
- Passed on as an inheritance, by last will or intestate.
- Of a title, honor or right: legally granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death.
- Of a person: holding a legally hereditary title or rank.
Synonyms of Hereditary
Using Hereditary
- The main meaning on this page is: Passed on as an inheritance, by last will or intestate. | Of a title, honor or right: legally granted to somebody's descendant after that person's death. | Of a person: holding a legally hereditary title or rank.
- Useful related words include: transmissible, inheritable, heritable, familial.
- In the example corpus, hereditary often appears in combinations such as: hereditary chiefs, the hereditary, hereditary peers.
Context around Hereditary
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 6 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Hereditary
- In this selection, "hereditary" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, weakly, book, gitxsan, peers, chief and properties stand out and add context to how "hereditary" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a known hereditary predisposition to, all hereditary peers except and hereditary peers. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "hereditary" sits close to words such as accumulate, augmented and bowie, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with hereditary
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
That grows into a form of this hereditary hatred. (9 words)
Astoria had a hereditary blood curse, which tragically weakened her health. (11 words)
Chief Buthelezi was hereditary chief of the Zulus, South Africa’s largest ethnic group. (14 words)
The House of Lords Act 1999 removed the automatic right of hereditary peers to sit in the Upper House, although it made an exception for 92 of them to be elected to life-terms by the other hereditary peers, with by-elections upon their death. (45 words)
It is Universal suffrage that determines the make-up of our Parliament and the continuing consent of the majority that enables the survival of hereditary monarchy as the head of state and centre-piece of the British constitution. (38 words)
Bernama reported that aside from leading to lymphoma and leukemia, ethylene oxide can also seriously irritate the skin and eyes of those who come into contact with the substance and can even trigger birth and hereditary defects. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
All hereditary peers except 92 chosen in a secret ballot of all hereditary peers have now lost their rights to sit in the second chamber.
For example, compactness and the Lindelöf property are both weakly hereditary properties, although neither is hereditary.
Hereditary peers main An hereditary peer is a peer of the realm whose dignity may be inherited; those able to inherit it are said to be "in remainder".
In his book Hereditary Genius, written before the development of IQ testing, he proposed that hereditary influences on eminent achievement are strong, and that eminence is rare in the general population.
The House of Lords Act 1999 removed the automatic right of hereditary peers to sit in the Upper House, although it made an exception for 92 of them to be elected to life-terms by the other hereditary peers, with by-elections upon their death.
Astoria had a hereditary blood curse, which tragically weakened her health.
Bernama reported that aside from leading to lymphoma and leukemia, ethylene oxide can also seriously irritate the skin and eyes of those who come into contact with the substance and can even trigger birth and hereditary defects.
Brian Williams, a head Gitxsan hereditary chief and spokesperson, told at the time the chiefs issued the notice of the ban that the Gitxsan people are afraid of C-IRG.
Chief Buthelezi was hereditary chief of the Zulus, South Africa’s largest ethnic group.
Further afield, Charles’s position looks increasingly tenuous as the hereditary monarch in 14 Commonwealth countries outside the UK.
I counsel patients who have personal or family history of cancer and order genetic testing to determine whether their cancer history is hereditary.
It is Universal suffrage that determines the make-up of our Parliament and the continuing consent of the majority that enables the survival of hereditary monarchy as the head of state and centre-piece of the British constitution.
Many of these republics lasted centuries, from around 600 BCE to 300 CE, although medieval Hinduism became with hereditary, godlike kingship.
Maratta even persuaded her not to sell an antique marble, Castor and Pollux ensemble, but, due to a number of hereditary successions, it eventually ended up among the possessions of King Philip V of Spain.
Much aristocratic umbrage has been taken at the Palace's refusal to invite more than a handful of hereditary peers.
Protesters in solidarity with the Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs opposed to the LNG pipeline in northern British Columbia block an Ottawa intersection outside the Prime Minister's office Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020.
Second, she was able to gain peace of mind knowing she didn’t have a known hereditary predisposition to cancer.
She, however, said some types are hereditary and need certain pharmaceutical ointments to get them off the skin periodically.
That grows into a form of this hereditary hatred.
The appointment, seen as a step in grooming him as his heir, was criticised as nepotism, which is common in Japanese politics, long dominated by hereditary MPs.
Phrases with hereditary
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with hereditary
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- hereditary chiefs 27×
- the hereditary 21×
- hereditary peers 17×
- of hereditary 15×
- wet'suwet'en hereditary 11×
- with hereditary 9×
- en hereditary 9×
- is hereditary 8×
- and hereditary 8×
- hereditary chief 7×