inherit
Pronunciation change
- IPA (key): /ɪnˈhɛrɪt/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: in‧her‧it
Verb change
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Plain form |
Third-person singular |
Past tense |
Past participle |
Present participle |
- (transitive) Getting the characteristics of its parents.
- He inherited the double eyelids of his mother.
- (transitive) Getting the fortune of someone.
- She inherited her father's billion dollar fortune.