Inheritance
noun
The money, property or possessions that you receive from someone after they die.
She left a large inheritance to her son.
Often appears as...
- receive an inheritance
- leave an inheritance
noun
The features, qualities, or disorders that a person receives from his or her parents through the genes.
Blue eyes are a genetic inheritance from our ancestors.
Often appears as...
- genetic inheritance
- inherited disorder
noun
In computing, the mechanism of using, modifying and creating objects of an existing class in a new class.
In object-oriented programming, inheritance allows for code reuse and simplification.
Often appears as...
- class inheritance
- multiple inheritance
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noun
The money, property or possessions that you receive from someone after they die.
She left a large inheritance to her son.
Often appears as...
- receive an inheritance
- leave an inheritance
noun
The features, qualities, or disorders that a person receives from his or her parents through the genes.
Blue eyes are a genetic inheritance from our ancestors.
Often appears as...
- genetic inheritance
- inherited disorder
noun
In computing, the mechanism of using, modifying and creating objects of an existing class in a new class.
In object-oriented programming, inheritance allows for code reuse and simplification.
Often appears as...
- class inheritance
- multiple inheritance
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Wealth Transfer
Inheritance often involves transferring wealth across generations within a family.
The inheritance from his grandparents made him financially independent.
Pro Tip 2/3Legal Process
Receiving an inheritance can involve a legal process, including wills, probate, and taxes.
They had to wait for the probate process to conclude before accessing the inheritance.
Pro Tip 3/3Unexpected Wealth
An inheritance can be unexpected and bring sudden changes to someone's financial situation.
I suddenly received an inheritance from a relative I barely remembered.
Pro Tip 1/3Wealth Transfer
Inheritance often involves transferring wealth across generations within a family.
The inheritance from his grandparents made him financially independent.
Pro Tip 2/3Legal Process
Receiving an inheritance can involve a legal process, including wills, probate, and taxes.
They had to wait for the probate process to conclude before accessing the inheritance.
Pro Tip 3/3Unexpected Wealth
An inheritance can be unexpected and bring sudden changes to someone's financial situation.
I suddenly received an inheritance from a relative I barely remembered.
Pro Tip 1/3Wealth Transfer
Inheritance often involves transferring wealth across generations within a family.
The inheritance from his grandparents made him financially independent.
Pro Tip 2/3Legal Process
Receiving an inheritance can involve a legal process, including wills, probate, and taxes.
They had to wait for the probate process to conclude before accessing the inheritance.
Pro Tip 3/3Unexpected Wealth
An inheritance can be unexpected and bring sudden changes to someone's financial situation.
I suddenly received an inheritance from a relative I barely remembered.
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A queer vision of love...
We constantly experience this retelling of history where we are conspicuously left out. And it's really hard to not see ourselves there. And so living out loud for us is about that representation. It's about having possibility models, and having hope that love is part of our inheritance in this world, too.
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Myths and misconceptions...
certain traits over their lifetimes and then passing those on to their offspring. For example, he thought that because giraffes spent their lives stretching to reach leaves on higher branches, their children would be born with longer necks. But we know now that's not how genetic inheritance works.
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It's OK to feel...
if you can remember that in the moment of emergency, there will be an intuitive, deep sense that will tell you there's going to be some next steps and it's time for us to take those next steps, and if you can also remember that resilience is our shared genetic and psychological inheritance --
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In search for the man...
typing hundreds of thousands of words with one finger. A friend pointed out to me that all of my big stories mirrored my own, each centering on a life that had changed in an instant, owing, if not to a crash, then to an inheritance, a swing of the bat, a click of the shutter, an arrest.
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LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
was all that was good and great in this world and by default the way you look is the standard for beauty and the things that you think are believed to be the standard for etiquette and culture and so on of all those things have been the passive inheritance of yours and then
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Advocating for gender...
inheritance rights or the absence of any rights for that matter or the total lack of economic autonomy or the shocking rates of maternal mortality or the hapless levels of political representation or i may say the equally hapless levels of women at the peace
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The power of introverts...
new needs and they start to have names like how to win friends and influence people and they feature as their role models really great sales so that's the world we're living in today that's our cultural inheritance now none of this is to say that social
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Genetics 101 PIPE National...
Genetics is the study of heredity. The expression of traits and how they are passed from generation to generation. For thousands of years, humans have observed this inheritance of traits and implemented their knowledge
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The difference between...
they are committed to racial equality who also recognize the importance of economic livelihood and who also know that wealth is inherited, and the majority of wealth is inherited, and when you think of the inheritance,
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The power of introverts...
So that's the world we're living in today. That's our cultural inheritance. Now none of this is to say that social skills are unimportant, and I'm also not calling for the abolishing of teamwork at all.
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A queer vision of love...
We constantly experience this retelling of history where we are conspicuously left out. And it's really hard to not see ourselves there. And so living out loud for us is about that representation. It's about having possibility models, and having hope that love is part of our inheritance in this world, too.
Video examples
Myths and misconceptions...
certain traits over their lifetimes and then passing those on to their offspring. For example, he thought that because giraffes spent their lives stretching to reach leaves on higher branches, their children would be born with longer necks. But we know now that's not how genetic inheritance works.
Video examples
It's OK to feel...
if you can remember that in the moment of emergency, there will be an intuitive, deep sense that will tell you there's going to be some next steps and it's time for us to take those next steps, and if you can also remember that resilience is our shared genetic and psychological inheritance --
Video examples
In search for the man...
typing hundreds of thousands of words with one finger. A friend pointed out to me that all of my big stories mirrored my own, each centering on a life that had changed in an instant, owing, if not to a crash, then to an inheritance, a swing of the bat, a click of the shutter, an arrest.
Video examples
LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
was all that was good and great in this world and by default the way you look is the standard for beauty and the things that you think are believed to be the standard for etiquette and culture and so on of all those things have been the passive inheritance of yours and then
Video examples
Advocating for gender...
inheritance rights or the absence of any rights for that matter or the total lack of economic autonomy or the shocking rates of maternal mortality or the hapless levels of political representation or i may say the equally hapless levels of women at the peace
Video examples
The power of introverts...
new needs and they start to have names like how to win friends and influence people and they feature as their role models really great sales so that's the world we're living in today that's our cultural inheritance now none of this is to say that social
Video examples
Genetics 101 PIPE National...
Genetics is the study of heredity. The expression of traits and how they are passed from generation to generation. For thousands of years, humans have observed this inheritance of traits and implemented their knowledge
Video examples
The difference between...
they are committed to racial equality who also recognize the importance of economic livelihood and who also know that wealth is inherited, and the majority of wealth is inherited, and when you think of the inheritance,
Video examples
The power of introverts...
So that's the world we're living in today. That's our cultural inheritance. Now none of this is to say that social skills are unimportant, and I'm also not calling for the abolishing of teamwork at all.
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Hilton Als
American Writer
Moonlight' undoes our expectations as viewers, and as human beings, too. As we watch, another movie plays in our minds: real-life footage of the many forms of damage done to black men, which can sometimes lead them to turn that hateful madness on their own kind, passing on the poison that was their inheritance.
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Maya Angelou
American Poet
During bad circumstances, which is the human inheritance, you must decide not to be reduced. You have your humanity, and you must not allow anything to reduce that. We are obliged to know we are global citizens. Disasters remind us we are world citizens, whether we like it or not.
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Kenichi Fukui
Japanese Scientist
In particular, for younger researchers on whom the future of mankind may depend. We believe that they are working with all the scientific wisdom at their disposal for the preservation of the inheritance of the earth and for the lasting survival of mankind.
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James Veitch
British Comedian
I know some people whose father has basically spent their whole inheritance on scammers. He's old; he wants to feel important, like he's doing business, so he goes to his bank and pays out - it's terrifying.
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Rene Cassin
French Judge
Similarly, the problem of the rights of the state in the disposition of inheritances left by individuals presents social aspects of the first importance.
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Suze Orman
American Author
Estate planning is an important and everlasting gift you can give your family. And setting up a smooth inheritance isn't as hard as you might think.
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Harold Bloom
American Critic
All that a critic, as critic, can give poets is the deadly encouragement that never ceases to remind them of how heavy their inheritance is.
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Jean Anouilh
French Playwright
Have you noticed that life, with murders and catastrophes and fabulous inheritances, happens almost exclusively in newspapers?
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Henry David Thoreau
American Author
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
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Georg Brandes
Danish Critic
The stream of time sweeps away errors, and leaves the truth for the inheritance of humanity.
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Hilton Als
American Writer
Moonlight' undoes our expectations as viewers, and as human beings, too. As we watch, another movie plays in our minds: real-life footage of the many forms of damage done to black men, which can sometimes lead them to turn that hateful madness on their own kind, passing on the poison that was their inheritance.
Quote examples
Maya Angelou
American Poet
During bad circumstances, which is the human inheritance, you must decide not to be reduced. You have your humanity, and you must not allow anything to reduce that. We are obliged to know we are global citizens. Disasters remind us we are world citizens, whether we like it or not.
Quote examples
Kenichi Fukui
Japanese Scientist
In particular, for younger researchers on whom the future of mankind may depend. We believe that they are working with all the scientific wisdom at their disposal for the preservation of the inheritance of the earth and for the lasting survival of mankind.
Quote examples
James Veitch
British Comedian
I know some people whose father has basically spent their whole inheritance on scammers. He's old; he wants to feel important, like he's doing business, so he goes to his bank and pays out - it's terrifying.
Quote examples
Rene Cassin
French Judge
Similarly, the problem of the rights of the state in the disposition of inheritances left by individuals presents social aspects of the first importance.
Quote examples
Suze Orman
American Author
Estate planning is an important and everlasting gift you can give your family. And setting up a smooth inheritance isn't as hard as you might think.
Quote examples
Harold Bloom
American Critic
All that a critic, as critic, can give poets is the deadly encouragement that never ceases to remind them of how heavy their inheritance is.
Quote examples
Jean Anouilh
French Playwright
Have you noticed that life, with murders and catastrophes and fabulous inheritances, happens almost exclusively in newspapers?
Quote examples
Henry David Thoreau
American Author
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.
Quote examples
Georg Brandes
Danish Critic
The stream of time sweeps away errors, and leaves the truth for the inheritance of humanity.
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