name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A surname.
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noun
An inheritance; property that may be inherited.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A tradition; a practice or set of values that is passed down from preceding generations through families or through institutional memory.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A birthright; the status acquired by birth, especially of but not exclusive to the firstborn.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Having a certain background, such as growing up with a second language.
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Usage: attributive, countable, uncountable
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noun
hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: inheritance
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Broader terms: acquisition
noun
any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: inheritance
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Broader terms: attribute
Narrower terms: birthright, background, upbringing
noun
practices that are handed down from the past by tradition
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: practice
noun
that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
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Synonyms: inheritance
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Broader terms: transferred property, transferred possession
Narrower terms: primogeniture, borough English, accretion, bequest, legacy, birthright, patrimony, devise, heirloom
History
From Middle English heritage, from Old French eritage, heritage (modern French héritage), ultimately derived (through suffixation) from Latin hērēs. By surface analysis, herit + -age.
Across languages
127 source translations are retained for this English entry.