inheritance

miras

Property or money received from someone who has died.

• She received a large inheritance from her grandmother.
• The house was part of his inheritance.
• Geneticists study patterns of inheritance to understand how specific traits and susceptibilities to disease pass from one generation to the next.
• The family's substantial inheritance enabled them to establish a charitable foundation dedicated to funding scholarships for low-income students.
• Anthropologists examine inheritance customs across cultures, noting significant variations in how property rights transfer through patrilineal or matrilineal systems.
• Legal disputes over the inheritance delayed the estate settlement for years, as distant relatives contested the validity of the revised will.

Eş anlamlılar: legacy, bequest, estate, heritage

kalıtım

A characteristic passed from parents to offspring through genes.

• Eye color is determined by inheritance.
• The disease can be passed on through inheritance.

Eş anlamlılar: heredity, genetics