Phonetic Breakdown of "inheritance"
Learn how to break down "inheritance" into its phonetic components. Understanding syllables and phonetics helps with pronunciation, spelling, and language learning.
inher-i-tance
3 syllables
Standard Phonetic Pronunciation:
/ɪnˈhɛɹətəns/
Phonetic representation based on standard dictionaries
IPA Phonetic Pronunciation:
IH2 N HH EH1 R AH0 T AH0 N S
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Definition of "inheritance"
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈhɛɹətəns/
Noun
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The passing of title to an estate upon death.
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That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament.
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The act or mechanism of inheriting; the state of having inheritedExample: "The Indo-European languages share various similarities as a result of their inheritance from a common ancestor."
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(genetic algorithms) The biological attributes passed hereditarily from ancestors to their offspring.
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The mechanism whereby parts of a superclass are available to instances of its subclass.