estate

B2 Topic:Places & Geography

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.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a large area of land owned... land

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Word family

Forms estates

Derived forms coestateestate-bottledestatesmanreal-estatereestate

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Phrases (1)

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estate agent
a person who arranges the sale or rental of property

Noun + noun

Simplified etymology

Estate entered Middle English and ultimately goes back to Latin status, “state” or “condition”; state is a shortened form of the same word. The sense “property” developed in late Middle English through the idea of a prosperous condition.

Etymology

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

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# 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
- Places & Geography

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