What does inherited mean?

inherited means "occurring among members of a family usually by heredity".

How many syllables are in inherited?

inherited has 4 syllables: in-her-i-ted. The stress falls on "her". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈhɛɹətɪd/.

What is another word for inherited?

Close synonyms include familial, genetic, hereditary, transmitted, transmissible. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is inherited a common word?

inherited is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

inherited — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
“an inherited disease”
“familial traits”
“genetically transmitted features”
Synonymsfamilial genetic hereditary transmitted transmissible
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