heritage
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
practices that are handed down from the past by tradition
a heritage of freedom
Types & categories
- practice hypernym
Sense 2 noun
any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
my only inheritance was my mother's blessing
Types & categories
- attribute hypernym
- birthright hyponym
- background hyponym
- birthright hyponym
- upbringing hyponym
Sense 3 noun
that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
Types & categories
- transferred property hypernym
- primogeniture hyponym
- borough English hyponym
- accretion hyponym
- bequest hyponym
- birthright hyponym
- devise hyponym
- heirloom hyponym
Parts & wholes
- heirloom part meronym
Related & opposite
- law domain topic
Sense 4 noun
hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
Types & categories
- acquisition hypernym
Related & opposite
- inherit derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | practice |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | attribute |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | birthright |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | background |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | birthright |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | upbringing |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | heirloom |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | transferred property |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | primogeniture |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | borough English |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | accretion |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bequest |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | birthright |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | devise |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | heirloom |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | inherit |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | acquisition |