1 [C,usually sing,U] the money, property, etc. that you receive from sb when they die; the fact of receiving sth when sb dies:
She spent all her inheritance in a year. * The title passes by inheritance to the eldest son. * She came into (= received) her inheritance at eighteen.
2 [U,C] something from the past or from your family that affects the way you behave, look, etc:
our artistic / cultural inheritance * Physical characteristics are determined by genetic inheritance.
