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Definitions for inherited
in·her·it·ed

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. familial, genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmitted, transmissibleadjective

    occurring among members of a family usually by heredity

    "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features"

Wiktionary

  1. inheritedadjective

    Obtained via an inheritance

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  1. inherited

    Inherited refers to the transfer or receiving of characteristics, traits, property, rights, or obligations from preceding generations through natural biological processes or legal procedures. This could include physical attributes, health conditions, wealth, or possessions passed down from parents to their offspring or from a predecessor to a successor.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Inherited

    of Inherit

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of inherited in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of inherited in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of inherited in a Sentence

  1. Joe Biden:

    Donald Trump inherited a growing economy from the Obama-Biden administration, just like he inherited everything in his life, and now he's squandering it, just like he squandered everything he inherited in his life.

  2. Abdul Aziz:

    I taught my students to stand against the corrupt system immobilizing the country. Pakistan has inherited the British system, solely non-believers, i attempted to escape in a long veil with the consent of my martyred brother Abdul during the operation, and secondly, Islam supports this act to conceal oneself in a state of emergency.

  3. Terri Sewell:

    There is an urgent need to protect the progress we have made since the courageous Foot Soldiers of the Voting Rights Movement dared to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge 50 years ago. We have inherited their legacy, and the fight to ensure that all Americans can participate in our political process continues today, the updated coverage formula in this bill will ensure that states, like Alabama, are required to obtain federal preclearance for changes to voting practices and procedures that could have a discriminatory impact.

  4. Bertrand Russell:

    Our instinctive emotions are those that we have inherited from a much more dangerous world, and contain, therefore, a larger portion of fear than they should.

  5. Justin Kolbeck:

    If we continue on this trajectory, by 2030, we might pass a point of no return for a lot of these fish species, i have a couple of small kids and I don't want to hand off a world that is less biodiverse and less rich than the one that we inherited -- especially when we have tools at our disposal to do something about it.

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