Plural of inheritance
regular plural
The plural of inheritance is inheritances.
Forms of inheritance
| Singular | inheritance /ɪnˈhɛɹɪtəns/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | inheritances |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Inheritances in a sentence
- A particularly robust critic was the sociologist Tariq Modood, who argued that the blanket term black 'harmed British Asians' by eliding their specific experiences and downplaying their own cultural inheritances.2023, Colm Murphy, Futures of Socialism, page 173. From the entry political blackness
Meaning of inheritance
- noun The passing of title to an estate upon death.
- noun That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament, such as the part of an estate (i.e., a portion).
- noun The act or mechanism of inheriting; the state of having inherited.
Questions about the plural of inheritance
- What is the plural of inheritance?
- The plural of inheritance is inheritances.
- Is inheritance countable?
- Inheritance is a countable and uncountable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: inheritance (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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