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{
"term": "heir",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a person who has the legal right to receive somebody’s property, money or title when that person dies",
"sensetop": "heir (to something)heir (of somebody)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to be heir to a large fortune"
},
{
"text": "the heir to the throne *(= the person who will be the next king or queen)*"
},
{
"text": "the son and heir of the Earl of Lancaster"
},
{
"text": "At the age of twenty he fell heir to a large estate."
},
{
"text": "He has no heir to leave his fortune to."
},
{
"text": "He left most of his property to his eldest son and heir."
},
{
"text": "He planned to marry and produce an heir for his estate."
},
{
"text": "On his brother's death he became heir apparent to the title."
},
{
"text": "On his deathbed he named his second son as his heir."
},
{
"text": "When the Earl of Surrey died in 1347 he left no direct heir."
}
],
"topics": ["Family and relationships", "Money"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["legal", "legitimate", "rightful"],
"verb + heir": ["have", "beget", "produce"],
"preposition": ["heir to"],
"phrases": ["the heir to the throne", "somebody’s son and heir"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a person who is thought to continue the work or a tradition started by somebody else",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the president’s political heirs"
},
{
"text": "The socialists saw themselves as true heirs of the Enlightenment."
},
{
"text": "The house was her spiritual home for which she sought a spiritual heir."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["legal", "legitimate", "rightful"],
"verb + heir": ["have", "beget", "produce"],
"preposition": ["heir to"],
"phrases": ["the heir to the throne", "somebody’s son and heir"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/eə(r)/",
"audio": "he/heir/heir__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/er/",
"audio": "he/heir/heir__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: via Old French from Latin heres."
}