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inheritance
noun
-
inherit
,
inheriting
,
inherits
,
inherited
,
inheritance
,
N/A
money
or
property
that
you
receive
from
someone
when
they
die
.
•
She
received
a
large
inheritance
from
her
uncle
.
She
received
a
large
inheritance
from
her
uncle
.
•
The
family
argued
over
the
inheritance
after
the
funeral
.
The
family
argued
over
the
inheritance
after
the
funeral
.
From
Middle
English
inheritance
,
from
Anglo-French
and
Old
French
enheritance
(
modern
French
héritance
),
from
Late
Latin
inhērēditantem
,
from
inhērēdito
(“
to
inherit
”)
from
in-
+
hērēdito
(“
to
inherit
,
to
be
an
heir
”).
noun
-
inherit
,
inheriting
,
inherits
,
inherited
,
inheritance
,
N/A
the
fact
that
you
receive
qualities
or
characteristics
from
your
parents
or
family
.
•
The
inheritance
of
eye
color
depends
on
genes
from
both
parents
.
The
inheritance
of
eye
color
depends
on
genes
from
both
parents
.
•
Many
diseases
are
passed
down
by
inheritance
.
Many
diseases
are
passed
down
by
inheritance
.
The
biological
sense
derives
from
the
same
root
as
the
legal
sense
,
applied
to
the
transmission
of
traits
.
noun
-
inherit
,
inheriting
,
inherits
,
inherited
,
inheritance
,
N/A
(
computing
)
the
mechanism
in
object-oriented
programming
by
which
one
class
acquires
the
properties
and
behavior
of
another
.
•
Inheritance
promotes
code
reuse
in
software
development
.
Inheritance
promotes
code
reuse
in
software
development
.
•
The
subclass
uses
inheritance
from
the
superclass
.
The
subclass
uses
inheritance
from
the
superclass
.