inherent - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'inherent' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Inherent

[ a.]

- Permanently existing in something; inseparably attached or connected; naturally pertaining to; innate; inalienable; as, polarity is an inherent quality of the magnet; the inherent right of men to life, liberty, and protection.

Meaning of 'inherent' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . inherent

[ s]

Meaning (1):
- existing as an essential constituent or characteristic

Example in sentence:

a constitutional inability to tell the truth;
the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity

Meaning (2):
- in the nature of something though not readily apparent

Example in sentence:

an underlying meaning;
shortcomings inherent in our approach

Nearby Words:

inhabile inhability inhabit inhabitable inhabitance inhabitancy inhabitant inhabitate inhabitation inhabitativeness

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