Polish English Dictionary

dziedziczny in English:

1. inherited

He just moved into an apartment he inherited from his parents.

He inherited the business from his father.

He inherited an old wooden chest.

My aunt inherited the huge estate.

I inherited his estate.

He inherited the house.

She inherited her mother's blue eyes.

It's very unlikely that Tom's children inherited anything from him.

John inherited a large fortune.

When we say that a language is culturally transmitted - that is, that it is learned rather than inherited - we mean that it is part of that whole complex of learned and shared behavior that anthropologists call culture.

Mr. Bingley inherited property to the amount of nearly a hundred thousand pounds from his father.

The close-cropped lawn is beautiful in the eyes of a people whose inherited bent it is to readily find pleasure in contemplating a well-preserved pasture or grazing land.

I have inherited the typical optimism and drive.

The length of our fingers is inherited from our parents.

He inherited of a great fortune.