Vocabulary
Inherit
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
receive (money, property, or a title) as an heir at the death of the previous holder.
Urdu meaning
ورثے میں پانا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Male family members inherit pensions and jobs regardless of marital status so it follows that woman who are under the Constitution equal tomen should also be able to inherit any and all benefits regardless of their marital status.
- While the facts of the case in the SHC may not permit a decision that would state this beyond what the petitioner had asked the court, one hopes to hear about similar cases filed by married women who wants to inherit theirfathers` pension.
- While this tradition continues, these women leaders are now being joined by educated, professional middleclass women, who have no legacy to inherit but have nevertheless captured the public imagination in a way we assumed only men could.
- Leaders shape history, he says, when they transcend the circumstances they inherit and carry their societies to the frontiers of the possible.
- In her filing before theFederal Shariat Court, Shah alleged that she and other women in district Bannu were being denied their right to inherit property due to a local tribal practice.
Synonyms
become heir to, fall heir to, come into/by, be bequeathed, be left, be willed, be devised
Antonyms
acquire, earn, gain, squander
Curator example
“she inherited a fortune from her father”
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