word-vault/dist/data/cards/in/inherit.json

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{
    "term": "inherit",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "inherit",
            "heSheIt": "inherits"
        },
        "pastSimple": "inherited",
        "pastParticiple": "inherited",
        "ingForm": "inheriting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to receive money, property, etc. from somebody when they die",
            "sensetop": "inherit something from somebodyinherit (something)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She inherited a fortune from her father.",
                    "contextForm": "inherit something from somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He will inherit the title on the death of his uncle.",
                    "contextForm": "inherit (something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Does he know that she stands to inherit?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He stood to inherit (= was likely to inherit) property worth over five million."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She inherited some money from her mother."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Money"],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + inherit": ["stand to"],
                "preposition": ["from"],
                "phrases": ["be genetically inherited"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to have qualities, physical features, etc. that are similar to those of your parents, grandparents, etc.",
            "sensetop": "inherit somethinginherit something from somebody",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He has inherited his mother's patience.",
                    "contextForm": "inherit something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Is this an inherited disease?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "How many of these traits are genetically inherited?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She inherited a passion for music from her grandfather.",
                    "contextForm": "inherit something from somebody"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Family and relationships"],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + inherit": ["stand to"],
                "preposition": ["from"],
                "phrases": ["be genetically inherited"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "if you inherit a particular situation from somebody, you are now responsible for dealing with it, especially because you have replaced that person in their job",
            "sensetop": "inherit something (from somebody)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "policies inherited from the previous administration"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I inherited a number of problems from my predecessor."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈherɪt/",
                "audio": "in/inherit/inherit__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈherɪts/",
                "audio": "in/inherit/inherits__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈherɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "in/inherit/inherited__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈherɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "in/inherit/inheriting__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈherɪt/",
                "audio": "in/inherit/inherit__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈherɪts/",
                "audio": "in/inherit/inherits__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈherɪtɪd/",
                "audio": "in/inherit/inherited__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈherɪtɪŋ/",
                "audio": "in/inherit/inheriting__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English enherite ‘receive as a right’, from Old French enheriter, from late Latin inhereditare ‘appoint as heir’, from Latin in- ‘in’ + heres, hered- ‘heir’."
}