Heritage meaning

What does “heritage” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“heritage” is a noun with 4 meanings. Its most common meaning is: practices that are handed down from the past by tradition.

heritage

practices that are handed down from the past by tradition
“a heritage of freedom”
any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors
“my only inheritance was my mother's blessing”
“the world's heritage of knowledge”
Synonymsinheritance
that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
Synonymsinheritance
hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
Synonymsinheritance

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University