inheritance
gb/ɪnhˈɛɹɪtəns/ us/ɪnhˈɛɹɪtəns/
B1
Αγγλικά
~ 4600
Σημασίες
0 σημασίες
Ουσιαστικό
B1
entity
1
assets from a deceased person
Money or things you get when someone in your family dies.
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
receive [an/the] inheritance
Συχνό λάθος:
Learners sometimes confuse 'inheritance' (the thing received) with 'to inherit' (the action).
Συνώνυμα
bequest (More formal; usually refers to a specific item or sum of money left in a will.)
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legacy (Can mean the same as inheritance but often used for non-material things too.)
Αντώνυμα
debt (Opposite in the sense of financial burden rather than gain.)
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
leave an inheritance
|receive an inheritance
|inheritance tax
|share of the inheritance
Θέματα
law
|family
|finance
|core_vocabulary
Παραδείγματα
- She received a large inheritance from her grandmother.
- The inheritance included a house and several acres of land.
- His inheritance was divided equally among all the children.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
- I got an inheritance from my uncle.
- Her inheritance was a small house.
- They will share the inheritance.
Ουσιαστικό
technical
B2
event
2
genetic transmission of traits
The way parents pass their physical traits to their children.
Συχνό λάθος:
Learners may confuse 'inheritance' in genetics with material possessions from someone who has died.
Συνώνυμα
heredity (Scientific term for passing traits through genes.)
Αντώνυμα
acquired characteristics (Traits gained during life, not inherited genetically.)
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
genetic inheritance
|inheritance pattern
|inheritance of traits
Θέματα
science
|biology
|health
Παραδείγματα
- Eye color is determined by genetic inheritance.
- Scientists study inheritance to understand diseases.
- Some diseases are caused by faulty inheritance of genes.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
- Height is part of our inheritance.
- We get our hair color from inheritance.
- Inheritance can cause some health problems.
Ουσιαστικό
technical
B2
relation
3
object-oriented code reuse mechanism
In computer programming, when one type of object gets features from another type.
Συχνό λάθος:
Learners may confuse 'inheritance' in programming with its legal meaning.
Συνώνυμα
subclassing (Programming term for creating a class based on another class.)
Αντώνυμα
composition (Alternative to inheritance in programming design.)
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
class inheritance
|multiple inheritance
|inheritance hierarchy
Θέματα
technology
|computing
|education
Παραδείγματα
- Inheritance allows code reuse between related classes.
- Multiple inheritance is supported in some programming languages.
- They redesigned the software to reduce deep inheritance hierarchies.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
- Inheritance helps programmers reuse code.
- Some languages do not allow multiple inheritance.
- We use inheritance to make new classes.
Γραμματική
Λημματική μορφή
inheritance
IPA
GB/ɪnhˈɛɹɪtəns/
US/ɪnhˈɛɹɪtəns/
Συλλαβές και τόνος
in - her - it - ance (4 συλλαβές)
Stress on 2nd syllable (her)
Τύποι λέξης
Noun
- Base: inheritance
- Plural: inheritance, inheritances
Οικογένεια λέξεων
Forms
inheritances
noun
Related words
inheritor
noun
heirloom
noun
Negative and opposite forms
disinherit
verb
Advanced or less common
Εκφράσεις
inheritance tax
1/ɪnhˈɛɹɪtəns tˈæks/
fixed phrase
tax on inherited assets
A tax you pay on money or things you get when someone dies.
Παραδείγματα
- The country imposes a high inheritance tax.
- She had to pay inheritance tax on the property she received.
leave an inheritance
1/lˈiv ən ɪnhˈɛɹɪtəns/
fixed phrase
give assets after death
To arrange for someone to get your money or things after you die.
Παραδείγματα
- They want to leave an inheritance for their children.
- My grandfather left an inheritance to all his grandchildren.
receive an inheritance
1/ɹɪsˈiv ən ɪnhˈɛɹɪtəns/
fixed phrase
get assets after someone's death
To get money or things when someone dies and leaves them to you.
Παραδείγματα
- She received an inheritance from her aunt last year.
- He was surprised to receive an inheritance from a distant cousin.