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Meanings of inheritance in English

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The hereditary passing of biological attributes from the parents to its offspring.

        Russian
        наследование
        Portuguese
        herança
        Spanish
        herencia en programacion orientada a objetos
        Catalan
        herència

        Concept in object-oriented programming.

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              наследование
              Portuguese
              legado
              Catalan
              herència
              Spanish
              herencia

              That which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner.

                    legado
                    Portuguese
                    herança
                    Catalan
                    herència
                    Spanish
                    herencia

                    (Genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents.

                          herança
                          Usage of inheritance in English
                          1
                          He said he needed to work out an inheritance problem with her.
                          Mission road
                          2
                          My brother just wants as much money as possible from his inheritance.
                          The Guardian
                          3
                          The farther we move in the generations, the fainter grown the inheritance.
                          Other Things Being Equal
                          4
                          IT'S the one type of inheritance that can actually cost you money.
                          News.com.au
                          5
                          They presided in the civil courts and determined questions of disputed inheritance.
                          Caesar: A Sketch
                          6
                          No first use is a reflection of our cultural inheritance, Modi said.
                          Reuters
                          7
                          Furthermore, our study was prospective and population based and included paternal inheritance.
                          Pubmed
                          8
                          She will want his titles restored; she will want his inheritance guaranteed.
                          The White Queen
                          9
                          The segregation pattern in the family described here supports X linked inheritance.
                          Pubmed
                          10
                          The text is a prophecy describing the inheritance in its perfect form.
                          Expositions of Holy Scripture / Second Corinthians, Galatians, a...
                          11
                          He must have assumed I'd told my best friend about my inheritance.
                          The brush-off: a hair-raising mystery
                          12
                          He also pioneered research into the inheritance of hereditary haemochromatosis in Ireland.
                          The Irish Times
                          13
                          Through lapse of time the few claim the inheritance of the many.
                          Wise or Otherwise
                          14
                          But receiving an inheritance might also be a disincentive to work hard.
                          The Guardian
                          15
                          Mendelian codominant inheritance for all three polymorphisms was confirmed in family studies.
                          Pubmed
                          16
                          The right to the inheritance is stated by the laws as follows:-
                          Cyprus, as I Saw It in 1879
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