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estate

adj · noun · verb · 19 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: ĭ-stāt
  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈsteɪt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪt
  • CMU ARPABET: IH0 S T EY1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Previously owned; secondhand.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: euphemistic, not-comparable

Topics: jewelry, lifestyle

Examples

  • an estate diamond; estate jewelry

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The collective property and liabilities of someone, especially a deceased person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

state; condition.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Status, rank.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The condition of one's fortunes; prosperity, possessions.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A "person of estate"; a nobleman or noblewoman.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

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).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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8

noun

Meaning 8

The nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

An (especially extensive) area of land, under a single ownership.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

The landed property owned or controlled by a government or a department of government.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

A housing estate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, derogatory, sometimes

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

Ellipsis of estate car (“station wagon”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

The state; the general body politic; the common-wealth; the general interest; state affairs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

An organization's collective information technology resources.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

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15

verb

Meaning 15

To give an estate to.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, transitive

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16

verb

Meaning 16

To bestow upon.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

17

noun

Meaning 17

a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: estate of the realm, the three estates

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: class, stratum, social class, socio-economic class

Narrower terms: first estate, Lords Spiritual, second estate, Lords Temporal, third estate, Commons, fourth estate

18

noun

Meaning 18

extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the family owned a large estate on Long Island

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: land, landed estate, acres, demesne

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: real property, real estate, realty, immovable

Narrower terms: freehold, glebe, leasehold, smallholding, homestead, fief, feoff, barony, countryseat, Crown land, manor, seigneury, seigniory, signory, hacienda, plantation, entail

19

noun

Meaning 19

everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: property, belongings, holding

Narrower terms: gross estate, net estate, life estate, estate for life, jointure, legal jointure

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

127 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُمْتَلَكَات (mumtalakāt) — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • Arabic: تَرِكَة (tarika) — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • Arabic: عَقَار (ʕaqār) — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • Bulgarian: имот (imot) — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • Bulgarian: наследство (nasledstvo) — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • Catalan: propietat — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • Catalan: béns — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 财产 (cáichǎn) — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • Dutch: bezit — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • Estonian: pärand — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • Finnish: varat ja velat — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • Finnish: jäämistö — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • French: patrimoine — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • Galician: propiedade — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • Galician: inmoble — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • Galician: ben — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • German: Anwesen — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • Ancient Greek: οὐσία (ousía) — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • Hindi: संपत्ति (sampatti) — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • Hindi: संपदा (sampdā) — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • Italian: asse ereditario — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • Japanese: 遺産 (isan) — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • Macedonian: имот (imot) — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • Macedonian: заоставштина (zaostavština) — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • Norwegian: dødsbo — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • Old English: staþolǣht — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • Portuguese: propriedade — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • Portuguese: bens — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • Russian: име́ние (iménije) — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • Scottish Gaelic: oighreachd — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • Serbo-Croatian: imetak — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • Serbo-Croatian: imovina — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • Spanish: propiedad — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • Spanish: inmueble — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • Spanish: bien — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • Spanish: heredad — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • Spanish: hacienda — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • Swedish: dödsbo — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • Swedish: sterbhus — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • Thai: กองมรดก (gɔɔng-mɔɔ-rá-dòk) — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • Ottoman Turkish: مال (mal) — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • Ukrainian: майно́ (majnó) — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • Ukrainian: спа́дщина (spádščyna) — property and liabilities, especially of a deceased person
  • Finnish: olot — state, condition
  • Portuguese: estado — state, condition
  • Spanish: estado — state, condition
  • Finnish: sääty — status, rank
  • Spanish: estatus — status, rank
  • Finnish: varallisuus — one's possessions
  • Portuguese: bens — one's possessions
  • Portuguese: haveres — one's possessions
  • Spanish: bienes — one's possessions
  • Finnish: mahtimies — person of estate
  • Finnish: johtomies — person of estate
  • Finnish: johtaja — person of estate
  • Spanish: funcionario[a] — person of estate
  • Bulgarian: съсловие (sǎslovie) — historical: major social class or order of persons
  • Catalan: estament — historical: major social class or order of persons
  • Danish: stand — historical: major social class or order of persons
  • Dutch: standadel — historical: major social class or order of persons
  • Finnish: sääty — historical: major social class or order of persons
  • French: ordre — historical: major social class or order of persons
  • German: Stand — historical: major social class or order of persons
  • Latvian: kārta — historical: major social class or order of persons
  • Macedonian: сталеж (stalež) — historical: major social class or order of persons
  • Portuguese: classe — historical: major social class or order of persons
  • Russian: сосло́вие (soslóvije) — historical: major social class or order of persons
  • Serbo-Croatian: stalež — historical: major social class or order of persons
  • Spanish: estamento — historical: major social class or order of persons
  • Swedish: stånd — historical: major social class or order of persons
  • Ukrainian: стан (stan) — historical: major social class or order of persons
  • Arabic: تركة — law: nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land
  • Bulgarian: владение (vladenie) — law: nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land
  • Dutch: bezit — law: nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land
  • Dutch: eigendom — law: nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land
  • French: proprieté — law: nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land
  • French: biens — law: nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land
  • Italian: beni — law: nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land
  • Latvian: īpašums — law: nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land
  • Serbo-Croatian: vlasništvo — law: nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land
  • Armenian: կալվածք (kalvackʻ) — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • Armenian: դաստակերտ (dastakert) — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • Belarusian: сядзіба (sjadziba) — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • Bulgarian: имение (imenie) — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • Catalan: propietat — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • Chinese Mandarin: 地产 (dìchǎn) — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • Czech: majetek — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • Czech: pozemek — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • Dutch: landgoed — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • Egyptian: DA-t*t:qn (ḏꜣtt) — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • Finnish: kartano — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • Finnish: tila — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • Finnish: tontti — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • French: domaine — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • French: propriété — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • German: Gut — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • German: Landgut — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • Bavarian German: Guad — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • Hindi: संपदा (sampdā) — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • Hindi: सम्पत्ति (sampatti) — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • Ingrian: hovi — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • Ingrian: kartano — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • Ingrian: moiso — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • Ingrian: moisio — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • Irish: seilbh — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • Italian: proprietà — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • Italian: tenuta — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • Italian: possedimento — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • Latin: manerium — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • Latvian: muiža — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • Lithuanian: sodyba — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • Macedonian: посед (posed) — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • Macedonian: имот (imot) — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • Portuguese: propriedade — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • Russian: уса́дьба (usádʹba) — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • Scottish Gaelic: fearann na h-oighreachd — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • Scottish Gaelic: oighreachd — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • Serbo-Croatian: imanje — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • Serbo-Croatian: posjed — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • Spanish: finca — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • Spanish: heredad — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • Spanish: hacienda — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • Swedish: äga — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • Swedish: egendom — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • Turkish: emlâk — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • Ukrainian: має́ток (majétok) — (extensive) area of land under single ownership
  • Finnish: valtion maa — landed property owned or controlled by a government or a department of government
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