"inhere" meaning in English

See inhere in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɪnˈhɪə/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-inhere.wav Forms: inheres [present, singular, third-person], inhering [participle, present], inhered [participle, past], inhered [past]
Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ) Etymology: From Latin inhaerēre, present active infinitive of inhaereō (“stick in, stick to, inhere to”), from in (“in”) + haereō (“stick”); see hesitate. Compare adhere, cohere. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|inhaerēre}} Latin inhaerēre Head templates: {{en-verb}} inhere (third-person singular simple present inheres, present participle inhering, simple past and past participle inhered)
  1. (uncommon) To be inherent; to be an essential or intrinsic part of; to be fixed or permanently incorporated with something. Tags: uncommon Synonyms: inhære [archaic] Related terms: adhere, cohere, inherent, inherence, inherency Translations (To be inherent; to be an essential or intrinsic part of; to be fixed or permanently incorporated with something): հատուկ լինել (hatuk linel) (Armenian), պատկանել (patkanel) (Armenian), принадлежа (prinadleža) (Bulgarian), 固有 (gùyǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), 与生俱来 (yǔshēngjùlái) (Chinese Mandarin), inhouden (Dutch), een inherent deel van uitmaken (Dutch), kuulua (olennaisena osana) (Finnish), être inhérent à (French), innewohnen (German), anhaften (German), enthalten sein (German), zu etwas / jmdn. gehören (German), inherar (Ido), essere inerente (Italian), connesso (a) (Italian), appartenere (a) (Italian), essere proprio (english: di) (Italian), essere intrinseco (a) (Italian), inerir (Occitan), inerir (Portuguese), fi inerent (Romanian), принадлежа́ть (prinadležátʹ) (Russian), явля́ться частью (javljátʹsja častʹju) (Russian), ser inherente (Spanish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "To be inherent; to be an essential or intrinsic part of; to be fixed or permanently incorporated with something",
      "word": "fi inerent"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prinadležátʹ",
      "sense": "To be inherent; to be an essential or intrinsic part of; to be fixed or permanently incorporated with something",
      "word": "принадлежа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "javljátʹsja častʹju",
      "sense": "To be inherent; to be an essential or intrinsic part of; to be fixed or permanently incorporated with something",
      "word": "явля́ться частью"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "To be inherent; to be an essential or intrinsic part of; to be fixed or permanently incorporated with something",
      "word": "ser inherente"
    }
  ],
  "word": "inhere"
}

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