inheritance
gb/ɪnhˈɛɹɪtəns/ us/ɪnhˈɛɹɪtəns/
B1
ఆంగ్లం
~ 4600
అర్థాలు
0 అర్థాలు
నామవాచకం
B1
entity
1
assets from a deceased person
Money or things you get when someone in your family dies.
వాడుక నమూనా:
receive [an/the] inheritance
సాధారణ తప్పు:
Learners sometimes confuse 'inheritance' (the thing received) with 'to inherit' (the action).
పర్యాయపదాలు
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.)
విరుద్ధపదాలు
debt (Opposite in the sense of financial burden rather than gain.)
పదకలయికలు
leave an inheritance
|receive an inheritance
|inheritance tax
|share of the inheritance
విషయాలు
law
|family
|finance
|core_vocabulary
ఉదాహరణలు
- 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.
అభ్యాసకుల ఉదాహరణలు
- I got an inheritance from my uncle.
- Her inheritance was a small house.
- They will share the inheritance.
నామవాచకం
technical
B2
event
2
genetic transmission of traits
The way parents pass their physical traits to their children.
సాధారణ తప్పు:
Learners may confuse 'inheritance' in genetics with material possessions from someone who has died.
పర్యాయపదాలు
heredity (Scientific term for passing traits through genes.)
విరుద్ధపదాలు
acquired characteristics (Traits gained during life, not inherited genetically.)
పదకలయికలు
genetic inheritance
|inheritance pattern
|inheritance of traits
విషయాలు
science
|biology
|health
ఉదాహరణలు
- Eye color is determined by genetic inheritance.
- Scientists study inheritance to understand diseases.
- Some diseases are caused by faulty inheritance of genes.
అభ్యాసకుల ఉదాహరణలు
- Height is part of our inheritance.
- We get our hair color from inheritance.
- Inheritance can cause some health problems.
నామవాచకం
technical
B2
relation
3
object-oriented code reuse mechanism
In computer programming, when one type of object gets features from another type.
సాధారణ తప్పు:
Learners may confuse 'inheritance' in programming with its legal meaning.
పర్యాయపదాలు
subclassing (Programming term for creating a class based on another class.)
విరుద్ధపదాలు
composition (Alternative to inheritance in programming design.)
పదకలయికలు
class inheritance
|multiple inheritance
|inheritance hierarchy
విషయాలు
technology
|computing
|education
ఉదాహరణలు
- Inheritance allows code reuse between related classes.
- Multiple inheritance is supported in some programming languages.
- They redesigned the software to reduce deep inheritance hierarchies.
అభ్యాసకుల ఉదాహరణలు
- Inheritance helps programmers reuse code.
- Some languages do not allow multiple inheritance.
- We use inheritance to make new classes.
వ్యాకరణం
నిఘంటు రూపం
inheritance
IPA
GB/ɪnhˈɛɹɪtəns/
US/ɪnhˈɛɹɪtəns/
అక్షరఖండాలు & ఒత్తు
in - her - it - ance (4 అక్షరఖండాలు)
Stress on 2nd syllable (her)
పద రూపాలు
Noun
- Base: inheritance
- Plural: inheritance, inheritances
సంబంధిత పదాలు
Forms
inheritances
noun
Related words
inheritor
noun
heirloom
noun
Negative and opposite forms
disinherit
verb
Advanced or less common
పదప్రయోగాలు
inheritance tax
1/ɪnhˈɛɹɪtəns tˈæks/
fixed phrase
tax on inherited assets
A tax you pay on money or things you get when someone dies.
ఉదాహరణలు
- 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.
ఉదాహరణలు
- 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.
ఉదాహరణలు
- She received an inheritance from her aunt last year.
- He was surprised to receive an inheritance from a distant cousin.