Inheriting

Synonyms for "inheriting" (15 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
acquireacquisitioncultural inheritance

Strong matches (5)

Noun(5 words)

Related words (7)

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More general

15 entries
acquirebiological processclass relationshipcultural transfergenetic mechanismgeneticsheredityinheritancelegal conceptobtainprogramming conceptproperty law conceptreceivesocial processsoftware design

More specific

18 entries
autosomal dominant inheritanceestate transferinheriting a dominant alleleinheriting a recessive alleleinheriting a titleinheriting propertyinheriting sharesinheriting titleinheriting wealthinterface inheritancelegacy transmissionmitochondrial inheritancemultiple inheritancepatrimonial transferpolygenic inheritanceprobate process

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Collocations

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inheriting a titleinheriting dominant alleleinheriting estateinheriting from parentinheriting genesinheriting powerinheriting propertyinheriting rightsinheriting sharesinheriting titleinheriting traitinheriting wealth

Inflections

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Derivations

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similar

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Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Bob went about building his castle in Spain when he spoke of inheriting his father's wealth.

Source: tatoeba (50696)

Because of large family sizes, children are inheriting smaller and smaller parcels of land.

Source: tatoeba (8907360)

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