| Front | inherit |
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| Back | 1 [intransitive, transitive] to receive money, https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/receive property etc from someone after they have https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/property died https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/die inherit something from somebody He inherited a fortune from his grandmother. inherited wealth 2 [transitive] if you inherit a situation , especially one in which problems have been https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/situation caused by other people, you have to https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/cause deal with it https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/deal The present government inherited a closed, state-dominated economy. 3 [transitive] to have the same character or https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/character appearance as your https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/appearance parents https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/parent inherit something from somebody Mr. Grass inherited his work ethic from his father. I inherited my mother’s curly hair. 4 [transitive] to get something that someone else does not want anymorehttps://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/doe inherit something from somebody We inherited the furniture from the previous tenants. |
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