Pronunciation change

Adjective change

Positive
hereditary

Comparative
more hereditary

Superlative
most hereditary

  1. Hereditary is something that is passed on as an inheritance, by last will or intestate.
    Duke is a hereditary title which was created in Norman times.
  2. If a disease is hereditary, it is passed from a parent to offspring in the genes
    Haemophilia is hereditary in his family.