inheritance
[noun]
Synonyms: legacy, bequest, birthright, heritage, patrimony

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

in‧her‧i‧tance /ɪnˈherətəns, ɪnˈherɪtəns/ noun

1. [uncountable and countable] money, property etc that you receive from someone who has died:
Lucinda has to fight for her life and her inheritance in this gripping novel.

2. [uncountable] physical or mental qualities that you inherit from your family:
Our genetic inheritance cannot be changed.

3. [uncountable] ideas, skills, literature etc from the past that influence people in the present:
ideas that have become part of our cultural inheritance

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

inheritance
noun
I. money/property
ADJ. large | small | rightful (literary) He accused his younger brother of trying to steal his rightful inheritance.
shared
VERB + INHERITANCE leave sb She left him an inheritance of £100,000.
come into, enter (into/on/upon) (literary), receive When he was 21 he came into a large inheritance.
claim When his father died, he returned to England to claim his inheritance.
renounce | challenge Jealous relatives tried to challenge her inheritance.
steal | restore (sb to) The Earl of Arundel's heir was restored to his inheritance and granted the lordship of Chirk.
divide The inheritance was divided equally among all the sons.
share (in) Under their law, all children shared in the inheritance.
INHERITANCE + NOUN tax | law
PREP. ~ by The system involved inheritance by the eldest son.
~ through inheritance through marriage

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

inheritance
II. sth from the past/your family
PREP. common a common inheritance of language and culture
cultural | genetic, physical | classical the influence of the classical inheritance (= the culture of ancient Greece and Rome) on Renaissance thought

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