inherit
verb
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
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
obtain from someone after their death
I inherited a castle from my French grandparents
Types & categories
- get hypernym
Related & opposite
- inheritance derivation
- heir derivation
- inherit verb group
- inherit verb group
Sense 2 verb
receive from a predecessor
The new chairman inherited many problems from the previous chair
Related & opposite
- inherit verb group
Sense 3 verb
receive by genetic transmission
I inherited my good eyesight from my mother
Types & categories
- receive hypernym
Related & opposite
- hereditary pattern derivation
- inherit verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | inheritance |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | heir |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | inherit |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | inherit |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | get |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | inherit |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | hereditary pattern |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | inherit |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | receive |