estate B2 Topic:Describing Qualities US /ɛˈsteɪt/ UK /ɪˈsteɪt/ See IPA manual Freq #2541 Meanings 1 noun A large area of land owned by one person or family, usually with a big house. The family owned a grand estate in the countryside. 2 noun All the money, property, and possessions a person owns, especially when they die. He left his entire estate to his children. 3 noun A group of houses or buildings planned and built together in one area. They live on a quiet housing estate near the school. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a large area of land owned... land More wagon Word family Forms estates Derived forms coestateestate-bottledestatesmanreal-estatereestate Common collocations estate agent Noun + noun Etymology AI details From Middle English estat, from Anglo-Norman estat and Old French estat (French: état), from Latin status. Doublet of state and status. *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European estat Middle English status Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # estate **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ɛˈsteɪt/ **IPA (UK):** /ɪˈsteɪt/ **Frequency rank:** 2541 ## Meanings 1. A large area of land owned by one person or family, usually with a big house. 2. All the money, property, and possessions a person owns, especially when they die. 3. A group of houses or buildings planned and built together in one area. ## Examples - The family owned a grand estate in the countryside. - He left his entire estate to his children. - They live on a quiet housing estate near the school. ## Synonyms - wagon ## Derived Forms - coestate - estate-bottled - estatesman - real-estate - reestate ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *steh₂- - Root: estat - Root: status ## Etymology From Middle English estat, from Anglo-Norman estat and Old French estat (French: état), from Latin status. Doublet of state and status. ## AI Etymology Estate comes from Middle English estat, from Anglo-Norman estat and Old French estat (French: état), from Latin status. Doublet of state and status. In current use, the main senses are “A large area of land owned by one person or family, usually with a big house” and “All the money, property, and possessions a person owns, especially when they die”. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown