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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024es•tate /ɪˈsteɪt/USA pronunciation n. - [countable] a piece of land as property, esp. one of large extent with a large house on it.
- Law[uncountable] property or possessions, as the property of a deceased person.
See -stat-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024es•tate (i stāt′),USA pronunciation n., v., -tat•ed, -tat•ing. n. - a piece of landed property, esp. one of large extent with an elaborate house on it:to have an estate in the country.
- Law
- property or possessions.
- the legal position or status of an owner, considered with respect to property owned in land or other things.
- the degree or quantity of interest that a person has in land with respect to the nature of the right, its duration, or its relation to the rights of others.
- interest, ownership, or property in land or other things.
- the property of a deceased person, a bankrupt, etc., viewed as an aggregate.
- British Termsa housing development.
- a period or condition of life:to attain to man's estate.
- World Historya major political or social group or class, esp. one once having specific political powers, as the clergy, nobles, and commons in France or the lords spiritual, lords temporal, and commons in England.
- condition or circumstances with reference to worldly prosperity, estimation, etc.;
social status or rank. - [Obs.]pomp or state.
- [Obs.]high social status or rank.
v.t. - [Obs.]to establish in or as in an estate.
- Middle French; cognate with Provencal estat. See state
- Middle English estat 1175–1225
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See property.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: estate /ɪˈsteɪt/ n - a large piece of landed property, esp in the country
- chiefly Brit a large area of property development, esp of new houses or (trading estate) of factories
- property or possessions
- the nature of interest that a person has in land or other property, esp in relation to the right of others
- the total extent of the real and personal property of a deceased person or bankrupt
Also called: estate of the realm an order or class of persons in a political community, regarded collectively as a part of the body politic: usually regarded as being the lords temporal (peers), lords spiritual, and commons
See also fourth estate- state, period, or position in life, esp with regard to wealth or social standing: youth's estate, a poor man's estate
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French estat, from Latin status condition, state |