Inheriting can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.
Adjective |
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| inheriting - having the legal right to inherit | ||
Verb |
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| inherit - obtain from someone after their death; "I inherited a castle from my French grandparents" | ||
| inherit - receive by genetic transmission; "I inherited my good eyesight from my mother" | ||
| inherit - receive from a predecessor; "The new chairman inherited many problems from the previous chair" |
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| 1. | verb | Bob went about building his castle in Spain when he spoke of inheriting his father's wealth. | |
| 2. | verb | Because of large family sizes, children are inheriting smaller and smaller parcels of land. | |
| 3. | verb | In the case of language, however, it is only the ability to talk and understand that we inherit genetically; the particular language or languages that we speak are passed on to us not by genetic transmission but by cultural transmission. | |
| 4. | verb | All of these abilities are passed on to us by genetic transmission; we receive them by way of the genes that we inherit from our parents. | |
| 5. | verb | I will inherit his estate. | |
| 6. | verb | A son who could not learn to paddle his own canoe does not deserve to inherit his father's fortune. | |
| 7. | verb | Remember that we will inherit the results of your decisions. | |
| 8. | verb | His relatives took it for granted that they would inherit the bulk of his wealth. | |
| 9. | verb | Tom agreed to marry that man's daughter with the promise that he'd inherit the man's business. | |
| 10. | verb | According to Tom's will, Mary will inherit his entire estate. | |
| 11. | verb | Tom certainly didn't expect to inherit the house from his uncle. | |
| 12. | verb | Tom wishes for his son to inherit his estate. | |
| 13. | verb | The entire colony will inherit the mutant DNA. | |
| 14. | verb | Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. | |
| 15. | verb | Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? |
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| Bob went about building his castle in Spain when he spoke of inheriting his father's wealth. | |
| Because of large family sizes, children are inheriting smaller and smaller parcels of land. | |
| In the case of language, however, it is only the ability to talk and understand that we inherit genetically; the particular language or languages that we speak are passed on to us not by genetic transmission but by cultural transmission. | |
| All of these abilities are passed on to us by genetic transmission; we receive them by way of the genes that we inherit from our parents. | |
| I will inherit his estate. | |
| A son who could not learn to paddle his own canoe does not deserve to inherit his father's fortune. | |
| Remember that we will inherit the results of your decisions. | |
| His relatives took it for granted that they would inherit the bulk of his wealth. | |
| Tom agreed to marry that man's daughter with the promise that he'd inherit the man's business. | |
| According to Tom's will, Mary will inherit his entire estate. | |
| Tom certainly didn't expect to inherit the house from his uncle. | |
| Tom wishes for his son to inherit his estate. | |
| The entire colony will inherit the mutant DNA. | |
| Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. | |
| Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? | |