Hyphenation of inherit

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word inherit ? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

in-her-it

Definitions of inherit :

1.	Obtain from someone after their death I inherited a castle from my French grandparents
2.	Receive from a predecessor The new chairman inherited many problems from the previous chair
3.	Receive by genetic transmission I inherited my good eyesight from my mother

Synonyms of inherit :

verb	come into, get, acquire
verb	receive, have

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.