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The correct spelling is inheritance.
How to pronounce inheritance
/ɪnˈhɛɹətəns/
nounIPA: /ɪnˈhɛɹətəns/
Say it like: Inh-eri-tan-se
The correct spelling is inheritance. The passing of title to an estate upon death. For example: "The Indo-European languages share various similarities as a result of their inheritance from a common ancestor."
Usage Examples
“The Indo-European languages share various similarities as a result of their inheritance from a common ancestor.”
Definition
noun
- 1.The passing of title to an estate upon death.
- 2.That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament.
- 3.The act or mechanism of inheriting; the state of having inherited
- 4.(genetic algorithms) The biological attributes passed hereditarily from ancestors to their offspring.
- 5.The mechanism whereby parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclass.
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