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inherit

/ɪnˈhɛrɪt/

inheritverb

inherited

Past Simple

inherited

Past Participle

inheriting

Gerund

/ɪnˈhɛrɪt/

Translations

She will inherit the family estate.

Она унаследует семейное поместье.

Definitions

To receive (property, a title, etc.) as an heir at the death of the previous holder.

She inherited the family estate after her grandfather passed away.

To derive (a quality, characteristic, or predisposition) genetically from one's parents or ancestors.

He inherited his mother's blue eyes and his father's sense of humor.

To receive or be left with (a situation, object, etc.) from a predecessor or former owner.

The new manager inherited a team that was struggling with low morale.

In object-oriented programming, to acquire methods or properties from a parent class or interface.

In Java, a subclass inherits all non-private fields and methods of its superclass.

Synonyms

take over

come into