inheriting

1. 1.

   having the legal right to inherit

   Similarinheritable

Questions about inheriting

What does inheriting mean?

inheriting means "having the legal right to inherit".

How many syllables are in inheriting?

inheriting has 4 syllables: in-her-i-ting. The stress falls on "her". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈhɛɹətɪŋ/.

Is inheriting a common word?

inheriting is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.