HERITAGE


Meaning of HERITAGE in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

cultural heritage (= the ideas, customs etc that have existed among a group for a long time )

We want to preserve our cultural heritage and pass it on to our children.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

archaic

The memory of the parricide was both important enough, and repeated often enough, to enter the archaic heritage .

The repressed archaic heritage is unconscious.

architectural

It will also enable the schoolroom to be retained as a building of cultural and architectural heritage .

Over the period 1980-86 it spent ECU33.64 million on seventy-two projects concerned with safeguarding the architectural heritage .

cultural

Do we want to pass on our cultural heritage by accident or by design?

As mystery, it becomes a unique cultural heritage unavailable to foreigners.

The price they paid was my cultural heritage .

The two countries share an overlapping cultural heritage , yet in many ways the tension between them is more impressive.

Historic pub interiors, as well as pub exteriors, are vital and irreplaceable elements of our cultural and social heritage .

They viewed Daley as being closer to the new element than to his political and cultural heritage namely, them.

Only then can we speak of them as part of our cultural heritage .

They will encourage public and private efforts aimed at the preservation of the cultural heritage in their States. 40.

industrial

A special collection of local memorabilia offer a fascinating insight into Nottingham's industrial heritage .

literary

Unlike these cities, Dublin is thought of first and foremost for its literary heritage , rather than for its art.

national

A new national lottery to aid sport, the arts and the national heritage .

Small countries if they wish to preserve their national heritage have something serious to worry about.

How have you managed to make use of your membership of the House of Lords in support of our national heritage ?

Is he aware of the part played by the humanities in preserving and developing our national heritage ?

Here the double emphasis upon the need to arrest cultural degeneration and preserve the national heritage was distinctly in evidence.

I mean, that's totally wrong, taking the national heritage for your own selfish private use.

Male speaker It's taking away part of our national heritage .

natural

The report warns that unless the government acts quickly much of the natural heritage could be severely damaged.

But they may be unaware of the ravages of the Yugoslav Federal Army against our country's natural heritage .

It has been succeeded by over ten Acts designed to protect other aspects of our natural and cultural heritage .

Wayland is typical of the way Britain's natural heritage is scattered throughout a working agricultural environment.

rich

The Edwards family has been here ever since, contributing to the rich heritage and proud history of blacks in northeast Indiana.

It has depth because it grapples with elemental issues and draws on a rich heritage of corrective efforts.

It is a rich heritage gradually disappearing as Aborigines become urbanized, Europeanized and victimized.

■ VERB

build

To build on the Scholl heritage , but to make the brand up-to-date and caring, rather than purely curative.

But some of these projects clearly also have to do with the problem of conserving the built heritage .

lose

Why can we not be told? - why are we losing the heritage of so many traditional pubs?

But now, at last, Californians have begun to realize they are about to lose their landscape heritage .

The Curator, Robert Dickinson, says Swindon would lose touch with its heritage and past.

What makes them different is their talent and their skills, without which our civilization would lose a priceless artistic heritage .

preserve

Not only would purchasers be preserving the province's heritage , they would be gaining a worthwhile investment.

Small countries if they wish to preserve their national heritage have something serious to worry about.

The National Trust and private owners take a leading part in preserving our almost unrivalled heritage .

Churchill fought the Second World War to preserve the heritage of Britain.

A positive consequence of this is that the church has preserved her spiritual heritage and also maintained her community base.

What they learn in school about writing helps to preserve and reclaim that heritage .

Here the double emphasis upon the need to arrest cultural degeneration and preserve the national heritage was distinctly in evidence.

protect

Help the Woodland Trust protect Britain's heritage .

The designation of these special areas is a vitally important way of protecting our heritage .

Real-ale drinkers were forced to band together to protect their heritage .

share

A female shares less of a heritage with her daughters than she does with her sisters.

The two countries share an overlapping cultural heritage , yet in many ways the tension between them is more impressive.

Some animals care little for the fate of those who share their heritage .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Looking at these paintings makes people proud of their Latin heritage .

The castle is part of the heritage of Wales and should be preserved for the people of Wales.

The town takes great pride in its architectural heritage .

These works of art are considered of great importance to Russia's national heritage .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Explore the cathedral heritage centres, Roman ruins.

It is a rich heritage gradually disappearing as Aborigines become urbanized, Europeanized and victimized.

Male speaker It's taking away part of our national heritage .

Our aim is to make the performing arts, museums and our heritage accessible to all.

The Woodland Trust is dedicated to protecting one of the most important features of Britain's heritage - our native broadleaved woodland.

To have a Musketeer present detracted from the true Bonifacio heritage .

What they learn in school about writing helps to preserve and reclaim that heritage .

Without the requirement of legal deposit for electronic information libraries may lose touch with the information heritage .

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