Explore Inheritor through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like heir or recipient. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Inheritor meaning
- Someone who inherits something; an heir.
- A class, etc. that derives from another code element through inheritance.
Using Inheritor
- The main meaning on this page is: Someone who inherits something; an heir. | A class, etc. that derives from another code element through inheritance.
- Useful related words include: heir, heritor, recipient, receiver.
- In the example corpus, inheritor often appears in combinations such as: inheritor of, the inheritor, sole inheritor.
Context around Inheritor
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 9 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Inheritor
- In this selection, "inheritor" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sole, previous, ich, disowns, lara and frodo stand out and add context to how "inheritor" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a previous inheritor sleepy prime and a worthy inheritor of the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "inheritor" sits close to words such as aapi, aarey and aberdare, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with inheritor
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
That’s the thing that any would-be inheritor of Trump will be missing. (14 words)
Both Bilbo and its eventual inheritor, Frodo, have used Sting to its full potential. (14 words)
You can detect the traces of the predecessor in the inheritor, even if the inheritor disowns any knowledge of the inheritance. (21 words)
Though the final chapters of the series have introduced a slew of new characters on both the Marley and Eldia fronts, perhaps none are bigger than Gabi, the cousin of Reiner and the one time inheritor of the Armored Titan power. (41 words)
Mahathir, who has been a titan of Malaysian politics for longer than Najib has been alive, helped install the prodigal son of the nation’s second prime minister, shunting aside a previous inheritor, “sleepy” Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, in the process. (41 words)
The first Foundation, learning of the implications of the Second, who will be the true inheritor of Seldon's promised future Empire, greatly resents it—and seeks to find and destroy it, believing it can manage without it. (38 words)
With the League of Villains' evil doctor revealing how the sharing of quirks works, the topic of conversation moves on to Shigaraki, who has officially become the inheritor of the All For One Quirk! (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
You can detect the traces of the predecessor in the inheritor, even if the inheritor disowns any knowledge of the inheritance.
Balog Rinpoche and his band named Dharma presented the ancient Songs of Milarepa, also an ICH item, showing that the Living Buddha himself is an ICH inheritor.
Now, as she walked the land which has been in her family all her life, the sole inheritor of this estate defined her life’s mission.
This Titan was hidden within the royal Tybur family before Eren came into the picture and forcefully ingested the remains of the previous inheritor, Lara Tybur.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is a worthy inheritor of the series’ success, and while flush with content, there’s not enough innovation to be found.
Rupert Murdoch has blown apart his family as he attempts to entrench son Lachlan as his inheritor and deny his other children a role in the future affairs of the empire.
Becoming the inheritor of a rich culture carries a lot of baggage in societal and cultural expectations, which, if dropped, can create slight tensions within the community.
However, the royal courtiers, realizing that Pratap, not Jagmal, was the rightful inheritor of the Mewar throne, physically removed Jagmal from the throne and asked Pratap to take his rightful place.
That’s the thing that any would-be inheritor of Trump will be missing.
Though the final chapters of the series have introduced a slew of new characters on both the Marley and Eldia fronts, perhaps none are bigger than Gabi, the cousin of Reiner and the one time inheritor of the Armored Titan power.
With the League of Villains' evil doctor revealing how the sharing of quirks works, the topic of conversation moves on to Shigaraki, who has officially become the inheritor of the All For One Quirk!
Yahiha Assaf, an inheritor of the land, expects that the next step will involve an Israeli bulldozer operator being brought to the site, whom the Palestinian Authority can’t stop.
As a corollary, he missed no opportunity to accuse Hunt of being “a defeatist”, “totally defeatist”, and, by implication, the grey inheritor of Theresa May’s “managerialist approach”.
Both Bilbo and its eventual inheritor, Frodo, have used Sting to its full potential.
Her ambitions require more capital than she has, so she sets her eyes on Ann Walker (), a lonely and psychologically frail young spinster who’s the sole inheritor of a sizable fortune.
The historians among the fan base will be quick to point out that an inheritor of the mantle has existed in Neo-Gotham's world before.
Mahathir, who has been a titan of Malaysian politics for longer than Najib has been alive, helped install the prodigal son of the nation’s second prime minister, shunting aside a previous inheritor, “sleepy” Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, in the process.
Ritu’s films immediately connected to the middle- class who returned to the single theatres and established him as the inheritor of Satyajit Ray’s legacy.
The PDP was the inheritor of decades of military rule in 1999, and held power until Jonathan’s defeat in 2015.
The first Foundation, learning of the implications of the Second, who will be the true inheritor of Seldon's promised future Empire, greatly resents it—and seeks to find and destroy it, believing it can manage without it.
Common combinations with inheritor
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- inheritor of 16×
- the inheritor 7×
- sole inheritor 2×
- previous inheritor 2×
- true inheritor 2×
- an inheritor 2×