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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. Dominique Barjot:

    It can't be an easy decision. It would roughly be back to the group as inherited from his father. Martin Bouygues' big adventure being mobile phone.

  2. Jeff Sonnenfeld:

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

  3. Lawrence Korb:

    He came into an almost impossible situation, he had a confirmation hearing that really weakened him and he inherited a budget that was impacted by a sequester.

  4. Robert Watts:

    Rihanna typifies the seismic change we've seen in the Rich List in recent years. Once dominated by inherited wealth, the bulk of our 1,000 entries are now self-made people with modest and even troubled starts in life who are driven to work exceptionally hard.

  5. Joanna Kitlinska:

    This new field of inherited paternal epigenetics needs to be organized into clinically applicable recommendations and lifestyle alternations, and to really understand the epigenetic influences of a child, we need to study the interplay between maternal and paternal effects, as opposed to considering each in isolation.

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