Explore Inheritance through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like heritage or acquisition. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Inheritance meaning
- The passing of title to an estate upon death.
- That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament, such as the part of an estate (i.e., a portion).
- The act or mechanism of inheriting; the state of having inherited.
Synonyms of Inheritance
Using Inheritance
- The main meaning on this page is: The passing of title to an estate upon death. | That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament, such as the part of an estate (i.e., a portion). | The act or mechanism of inheriting; the state of having inherited.
- Useful related words include: heritage, acquisition, transferred property, transferred possession.
- In the example corpus, inheritance often appears in combinations such as: inheritance tax, the inheritance, an inheritance.
Context around Inheritance
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 8 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Inheritance
- In this selection, "inheritance" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, trait, molecular, beyond, tax, mechanisms and law stand out and add context to how "inheritance" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include adjudicate most inheritance cases in and and environmental inheritance the psychometric. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "inheritance" sits close to words such as aew, alexa and commodities, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with inheritance
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Inheritance Another concept often used in netlists is that of inheritance. (11 words)
He identified the two dominant forms of traditional inheritance law and modified one of them to make inheritance fairer for women. (21 words)
Mendel demonstrated that the inheritance of certain traits in pea plants follows particular patterns, now referred to as the laws of Mendelian inheritance. (23 words)
Aquitanian rebellion An inheritance in the countries formerly under Roman law ( ius or iustitia) represented not only a transmission of the properties and privileges but also the encumbrances and obligations attached to the inheritance. (34 words)
It is the organism's physical properties which directly determine its chances of survival and reproductive output, while the inheritance of physical properties occurs only as a secondary consequence of the inheritance of genes. (34 words)
Trait inheritance and molecular inheritance mechanisms of genes are still primary principles of genetics in the 21st century, but modern genetics has expanded beyond inheritance to studying the function and behavior of genes. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Trait inheritance and molecular inheritance mechanisms of genes are still primary principles of genetics in the 21st century, but modern genetics has expanded beyond inheritance to studying the function and behavior of genes.
Count Olaf is only using these children for their wealthy inheritance, however, and he soon enacts a plot to murder the children to obtain the said inheritance.
While Chancellor Jeremy Hunt had considered cutting inheritance tax, sources said the focus of the Autumn Statement would be to promote growth - on which inheritance tax has minimal impact.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves froze inheritance tax thresholds until 2030 and announced that from 2027 unspent pension funds would no longer be exempt from inheritance tax.
He identified the two dominant forms of traditional inheritance law and modified one of them to make inheritance fairer for women.
Although property and inheritance laws based on the French code do not discriminate against women, local leaders adjudicate most inheritance cases in favour of men, according to traditional practice.
Aquitanian rebellion An inheritance in the countries formerly under Roman law ( ius or iustitia) represented not only a transmission of the properties and privileges but also the encumbrances and obligations attached to the inheritance.
Features of inheritance Discrete inheritance and Mendel's laws main A Punnett square depicting a cross between two pea plants heterozygous for purple (B) and white (b) blossoms.
Inheritance Another concept often used in netlists is that of inheritance.
Inheritance main Inheritance tax, estate tax, and death tax or duty are the names given to various taxes which arise on the death of an individual.
In Java a class can derive from only one class, but a class can implement multiple interfaces (in other words, it supports multiple inheritance of types, but only single inheritance of implementation).
It is the organism's physical properties which directly determine its chances of survival and reproductive output, while the inheritance of physical properties occurs only as a secondary consequence of the inheritance of genes.
Mendel demonstrated that the inheritance of certain traits in pea plants follows particular patterns, now referred to as the laws of Mendelian inheritance.
Moreover, because the data from IQ tests can be applied to arguing the logical validity of either proposition — genetic inheritance and environmental inheritance — the psychometric data have no inherent value.
NewtonScript employs an inheritance model called differential inheritance where only the differences with its parent prototype are stored in a list of properties (known as slots in Io).
The authors discuss the tension between inheritance and encapsulation at length and state that in their experience, designers overuse inheritance (Gang of Four 1995:20).
The danger is stated as follows: :"Because inheritance exposes a subclass to details of its parent's implementation, it's often said that 'inheritance breaks encapsulation'".
The researchers found that some antibiotic resistance in E. coli developed due to epigenetic inheritance rather than by direct inheritance of a mutated gene.
This means that the inheritance of an allele for yellow or green pea color is unrelated to the inheritance of alleles for white or purple flowers.
Those who receive an inheritance are more likely to own a home than those who do not regardless of the size of the inheritance.
Common combinations with inheritance
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- inheritance tax 77×
- the inheritance 28×
- an inheritance 21×
- inheritance of 16×
- of inheritance 12×
- inheritance and 10×
- their inheritance 8×
- his inheritance 7×
- and inheritance 6×
- to inheritance 6×