inherit

B2 · Upper Intermediate Science

v. to get a physical feature or personality trait from your parents or ancestors.

v. to receive a characteristic from one's ancestors through genetic transmission.

“He inherited his father's blue eyes and his mother's musical talent.”

“Geneticists are studying how certain predispositions for heart disease are inherited across multiple generations.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate

v. to deal with a situation or problem that was left behind by the person who had your job before you.

v. to receive or take over a situation, often a problematic one, from a predecessor.

“The new manager inherited a lot of problems from the previous team.”

“The incoming administration inherited a fragile economy and a series of unresolved diplomatic tensions.”

C1 · Advanced Computing Technical

v. to receive features or code from another part of a computer program.

v. to derive existing functionality or attributes from a superclass in object-oriented programming.

“In this code, the 'Car' class will inherit all the features of the 'Vehicle' class.”

“By ensuring the subclass inherits from the base component, developers can reuse core logic without duplicating code across the application.”