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title: "Does .NET support multiple inheritance?"  
description: "Does .NET support multiple inheritance?"  
author: "Sumit Kesarwani"  
published: 2014-08-27  
updated: 2020-09-23  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/2060/does-dot-net-support-multiple-inheritance  
category: "c#"  
tags: ["c#"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Does .NET support multiple inheritance?

.NET does not support multiple inheritance directly because in .NET, a class cannot inherit from more than one class. .NET supports multiple inheritance through interfaces.

## Answers

### Answer by Sumit Kesarwani

.NET does not support multiple inheritance directly because in .NET, a class cannot inherit from more than one class. .NET supports multiple inheritance through interfaces.


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