transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnherɪt(ə)ns ]
( inheritances)
1.
An inheritance is money or property which you receive from someone who has died.
She feared losing her inheritance to her stepmother.
N-VAR
2.
If you get something such as job, problem, or attitude from someone who used to have it, you can refer to this as an inheritance .
...the situation that was Truman’s inheritance as President.
N-COUNT : usu sing , with supp , oft with poss
3.
Your inheritance is the particular characteristics or qualities which your family or ancestors had and which you are born with.
Eye colour shows your genetic inheritance.
N-SING : also no det , with supp