how to pronounce inherit

/ˌɪnˈhɛɹət/

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inherit is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of inherit in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… build a company or inherit a fortune as …”

meaning of inherit

Inherit means to receive by right of inheritance.

inherit frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word inherit occurs in english on average 3.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics inherit can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that inherit can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

3) people, society, and culture;