inherit
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Contents |
English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Old French enheriter, from Late Latin inhereditare (“make heir”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
inherit (third-person singular simple present inherits, present participle inheriting, simple past and past participle inherited)
- (transitive) To take possession of as a right (especially in Biblical translations).
- Your descendants will inherit the earth.
- (transitive) To receive (property or a title etc), by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death.
- After Grandad died, I inherited the house.
- (transitive) (biology) To receive a characteristic from one's ancestors by genetic transmission.
- Let's hope the baby inherits his mother's looks and his father's intelligence.
- (transitive) To derive from people or conditions previously in force.
- This country has inherited an invidious class culture.
- (intransitive) to come into an inheritance.
- Lucky old Daniel – his parents were both killed, and he's inherited.
- (computing, programming, transitive) To derive (existing functionality) from a superclass.
- ModalWindow inherits all the properties and methods of Window.
- (computing, programming, transitive) To derive a new class from (a superclass).
- 2006, Daniel Solis, Illustrated C# 2005
- For example, the following two code segments, from different assemblies, show how easy it is to inherit a class from another assembly.
- 2006, Daniel Solis, Illustrated C# 2005
Usage notes [edit]
- Do not confuse with inherent.
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
to take possession of as a right
|
to receive property or a title by legal succession etc.
to receive a characteristic by genetic transmission
to derive from people or conditions previously in force
|
to come into an inheritance
|
