heritage

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When I lie about the coffee's heritage just to see, they remark that it's good.

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practices that are handed down from the past by tradition; "a heritage of freedom"

Meaning at a glance

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noun

practices that are handed down from the past by tradition; "a heritage of freedom"

noun

any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors; "my only inheritance was my mother's blessing"; "the world's heritage of knowledge"

noun

that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for heritage.

noun

practices that are handed down from the past by tradition; "a heritage of freedom"

noun

any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors; "my only inheritance was my mother's blessing"; "the world's heritage of knowledge"

noun

that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner

noun

hereditary succession to a title or an office or property

Example sentences

When I lie about the coffee's heritage just to see, they remark that it's good.

' The seed stock is heritage, and the planting was organic.

But it is a young people's thing, give it some time and it will become part of the cultural heritage of the early 2000's and 2010's.

World heritage status is supposed to protect something.

Given enough time, we get what is known as a "common heritage" - something that far transcends the creative work of any one person.

Growing up in a Latino/Black community and being of mixed heritage, it was never socially easy.

After all, the core OS maintains ongoing heritage with an x86 OS, and every single app in the store has already been successfully compiled for x86...

World heritage sites are usually not part of commercially successful ventures for pretty obvious reasons.

The world's entire scientific and cultural heritage, published over centuries in books and journals, is increasingly being digitized and locked up by a handful of private corporations.