English Explanatory Dictionary

estate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The collective property and liabilities of someone, especially a deceased person.
  2. state; condition.
  3. Status, rank.
  4. The condition of one's fortunes; prosperity, possessions.
  5. A "person of estate"; a nobleman or noblewoman.
  6. A major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country and formerly possessing distinct political rights (Estates of the realm).
  7. The nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land.
  8. An (especially extensive) area of land, under a single ownership.
  9. The landed property owned or controlled by a government or a department of government.
  10. A housing estate.
  11. Ellipsis of estate car (“station wagon”).
  12. The state; the general body politic; the common-wealth; the general interest; state affairs.
adj
  1. Previously owned; secondhand.
verb
  1. To give an estate to.
  2. To bestow upon.

Pronunciation

ĭ-stāt /ɪˈsteɪt/ en-us-estate.ogg

Word forms

estate estates estating estated

Etymology

From Middle English estat, from Anglo-Norman estat and Old French estat (French: état), from Latin status. Doublet of state and status.

Synonyms

station sedan station wagon wagon estate car

Derived words

Adams Estate chair of estate coestate concurrent estate council estate estate agency estate agent estate-bottled estate contract estate duty estate for life estate in land estate planner estate planning estate sale estatesman estate tax fifth estate first estate fourth estate freehold estate housing estate industrial estate Innisfail Estate Karratha Industrial Estate leasehold estate legal estate Len Waters Estate life estate life estate pur autre vie Morts Estate Oaks Estate overspill estate Patrick Estate personal estate Pottery Estate Railway Estate real estate real-estate real estate owned real estate tax residuary estate second estate separate estate servient estate sink estate Stirling Estate third estate trading estate Walter Lever Estate reestate
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