heredities

noun

plural of heredity
as in genealogies
formal the natural process by which physical and mental qualities are passed from a parent to a child Heredity plays no part in the disease.

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  1. genealogies
  2. blood
  3. relatives
  4. successions
  5. family trees
  6. families
  7. races
Noun
  • The seal texts often introduced the owners with their names, genealogies, gender, professions and hometowns.
    — Serdar Yalçin, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Transcripts, grammars, vocabularies, dictionaries, glyph studies, botanical studies, commentaries, articles, editions of codices, correspondence, maps, charts, drawings, photographs, Maya Society materials, genealogies of Maya families, and Mayan glyphs on moveable type.
    — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 12 Sep. 2025
Definition of genealogies
Noun
  • Earlier in the episode, the bad blood between Tamra and Shannon Storms Beador over the last few seasons bubbled up in the storyline.
    — Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 10 July 2026
  • Perno has been battling cancer in his blood and his right lung since January.
    — Jack Leo, AJC.com, 9 July 2026
Definition of blood
Noun
  • That effectively restricted membership of the imperial family to immediate relatives of then Emperor Hirohito, pruning 11 collateral branches, and setting the scene for the current shortage.
    — Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
  • Stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
    — CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026
Definition of relatives
Noun
  • History shows family successions, whether in North Korea or Syria, tend to happen through rigid authoritarian control, with the transfer of power underwritten by whoever controls the military.
    — Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 6 July 2026
  • Plant additional successions of sunflowers every week or two to enjoy blooms later in the summer.
    — Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 11 May 2026
Definition of successions
Noun
  • The case was built by forensic genetic genealogy — the same science that traced DNA family trees to find the Golden State Killer in California or solve the Yogurt Shop Murders in Austin, Texas.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
  • The samples helped people discover entirely new family trees and could reveal consequential health information, such as a genetic predisposition to cancer.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
Definition of family trees
Noun
  • Soccer will bring the families in, and the plan is to use the Current’s charity partners to offer families additional resources when needed, Aken said.
    — PJ Green July 11, Kansas City Star, 12 July 2026
  • Related Stories Khosla’s group beat out a handful of other bidders, including a group led by billionaire Aditya Mittal, a member of one of India’s richest families, said the people, who were granted anonymity because the details are private.
    — Scott Soshnick, Variety, 12 July 2026
Definition of families
Noun
  • Like many Diamond League events, most races feature only finals and no qualifying heats.
    — Lindsay Schnell, New York Times, 5 July 2026
  • Included in that lineup of marquee events are stallion making races like the Jim Dandy, Whitney, Jockey Club Gold Cup, and Travers along with top races for the girls in the Coaching Club American Oaks and Alabama Stakes.
    — Danny Brewer, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
Definition of races
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