inhere
/ɪnˈhɪə/
inhere verb: to be inherent; to be an essential or intrinsic part of; to be fixed or permanently incorporated with something.
Verb
inhere (third-person singular simple present inheres, present participle inhering, simple past and past participle inhered)
- To be inherent; to be an essential or intrinsic part of; to be fixed or permanently incorporated with something.
- He [Massinger] inherits the traditions of conduct, female chastity, hymeneal sanctity, the fashion of honour, without either criticizing or informing them from his own experience. In the earlier drama these conventions are merely a framework, or an alloy necessary for working the metal; the metal...1932, T. S. Eliot, “Philip Massinger”, in Essays on Elizabethan Drama, USA: Harcourt Brace & World, Inc., published 1960, page 151
- We had already been claimed by the split infinitives of Star Trek, were already preparing to boldly go into a world where ethics, so far from inhering in the very structure of the cosmos, was a matter of personal taste […].2001, Will Self, Feeding Frenzy
inhere meaning in Tamil and Urdu
inhere in Tamil
- பண்பு வகையில் இயற்கூறாய் அமை, பிரிக்கமுடியாதபடி உட்பொதிந்திரு, உள்ளுறை
inhere in Urdu
- جاں گزیں ہونا, راسخ ہونا
Examples of inhere in a sentence
- Sovereignty should inhere in the people and not the government, so governments forfeit sovereignty when they commit crimes against humanity.5 January 2009, John Kraemer, Larry Gostin, The Guardian:
- The error inheres in thinking of lexical items as coherent units existing at a single level.2018, David P. Medeiros, “ULTRA: Universal Grammar as a Universal Parser”, in Frontiers in Psychology, volume 9, →DOI, pages 155-2:
Forms of inhere
| third-person singular present | inheres |
|---|---|
| present participle | inhering |
| past participle | inhered |
| past | inhered |
| alternative form (archaic) | inhære |
Origin of inhere
Borrowed from Latin inhaerēre (“stick in, stick to, inhere to”), from in (“in”) + haereō (“stick”); see hesitate. Compare adhere, cohere.
Words formed from inhere
Words that rhyme with inhere
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- spear
- career
- fear
- here
- steer
- appear
- cavalier
- cheer
- leer
- pioneer
- queer
- volunteer
- adhere
- beer
- chandelier
- deer
- financier
- pier
- premier
- privateer
- sheer
- veer
- vizier
- austere
- bombardier
- brigadier
- cashmere
- commandeer
- disappear
- endear
- grenadier
- interfere
- mere
- mountaineer
- peer
- sear
- tear
- tier
- unclear
- arrear
- bier
- blear
- cameleer
- cashier
- chiffonier
- cohere
- fakir
- farseer
Questions about inhere
- What does inhere mean?
- Inhere means to be inherent; to be an essential or intrinsic part of; to be fixed or permanently incorporated with something.
- What is inhere in Tamil?
- Inhere in Tamil is பண்பு வகையில் இயற்கூறாய் அமை, பிரிக்கமுடியாதபடி உட்பொதிந்திரு, உள்ளுறை. See Inhere meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use inhere in a sentence?
- Sovereignty should inhere in the people and not the government, so governments forfeit sovereignty when they commit crimes against humanity.
- What part of speech is inhere?
- Inhere is a verb.
- How do you pronounce inhere?
- Inhere is pronounced /ɪnˈhɪə/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of inhere?
- The past tense of inhere is inhered.
Words near inhere in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: inhere (page history and authors); inhere (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inhere (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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