Examples of “inherit” in a Sentence

verb To receive money, property, or a title from someone after they die.

• She inherited the family farm from her grandmother.
• When their uncle died, the twins inherited his small cottage.
• He will inherit the title when his father passes away.

verb To receive a trait or quality from a parent or ancestor.

• He inherited his father's sharp sense of humor.
• The baby inherited her mother's bright green eyes.
• Many people inherit a tendency to be tall from their parents.

verb (computing) To take on properties or behavior from another class or system.

• The subclass inherits all the methods of its parent class.
• In this program, the Dog class inherits its behavior from the Animal class.
• Each new window will inherit the settings of the main template.