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say it: in-HIR-uhnt
inherent is an adjective meaning "existing as an essential constituent or characteristic". It is pronounced /ɪnˈhɪɹənt/ — in-HIR-uhnt. It carries 2 recorded senses.
existing as an essential constituent or characteristic
“the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity”
“a constitutional inability to tell the truth”
in the nature of something though not readily apparent
“shortcomings inherent in our approach”
“an underlying meaning”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for inherent come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.