LookItUphereditary
Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples
Pronunciation: US /həˈredɪteri/ · UK /həˈredɪtəri/
hereditary means: Passed from parents to their children through genes, especially a disease or physical feature.
adjective
Passed from parents to their children through genes, especially a disease or physical feature.
- This disease is hereditary.
- The doctor asked about hereditary conditions in our family.
- Some forms of hearing loss are hereditary.
A title, honour, or right that legally passes to a person’s descendant when that person dies.
- The title is hereditary.
- His daughter will inherit the hereditary rank when he dies.
- The law abolished several hereditary rights.
Passed to someone as property or a possession after another person dies.
- The land was hereditary property.
- Her family still owns its hereditary estate.
- The will listed several hereditary possessions.
Having a title or position of power that legally passed down through the family.
- The island has a hereditary chief.
- Hereditary rulers governed the region for centuries.
- He entered parliament as a hereditary peer.
Questions about hereditary
What does hereditary mean?
Passed from parents to their children through genes, especially a disease or physical feature.
What is hereditary in other languages?
Türkçe: kalıtsal · Español: hereditario · Français: héréditaire · Deutsch: erblich · Italiano: ereditario · 日本語: 遺伝性の
How do you pronounce hereditary?
In American English /həˈredɪteri/; in British English /həˈredɪtəri/.
How do you use hereditary in a sentence?
This disease is hereditary. The doctor asked about hereditary conditions in our family.
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