What does inherited mean?

Definitions for inherited
in·her·it·ed

Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word inherited.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. familial, genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmitted, transmissible(adj)

    occurring among members of a family usually by heredity

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

Wiktionary

  1. inherited(Adjective)

    Obtained via an inheritance

Webster Dictionary

  1. Inherited

    of Inherit

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. Venezuelan Proverb:

    Blood is inherited and virtue is acquired.

  2. Paul Ryan:

    We inherited a process, a cake that was pretty much more than half-baked.

  3. Modern African Art Giles Peppiatt:

    They inherited it from their father who had business interests in Nigeria.

  4. Norvel Goff:

    We’re trying to create a better world, a better world than the one we inherited.

  5. Jeff Sonnenfeld:

    It was really hard for John Flannery to escape the bad hand John Flannery inherited.

Images & Illustrations of inherited

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