estate meaning
EN
[ɪsˈteɪt] [-eɪt] 
US WEstate
- Estate or The Estate may refer to:
- NounPLestatesSUF-ate
- (now rare, archaic) State; condition.
- (archaic) Status, rank.
- (archaic) The condition of one's fortunes; prosperity, possessions.
- OBS A "person of estate"; a nobleman or noblewoman.
- (historical) 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).
- (law) The nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land.
- An (especially extensive) area of land, under a single ownership.
- It has been a long time since new follies were springing up across the great estates of Britain. But the owners of Doddington Hall, in Lincolnshire, have brought the folly into the 21st century, by building a 30ft pyramid in the grounds of the Elizabethan manor.
- The collective property and liabilities of someone, especially a deceased person.
- (Britain) A housing estate.
- (Britain, automotive) A station wagon; a car with a tailgate (or liftgate) and storage space to the rear of the seating which is coterminous with the passenger compartment (and often extensible into that compartment via folding or removable seating).
- OBS The state; the general body politic; the common-wealth; the general interest; state affairs.
- (now rare, archaic) State; condition.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Real estate prices slumped during the recession.
- Other costs associated with selling a home include surveyor's fees, legal fees, estate agent's commission, stamp duty and the VAT.
- In 1588 Edmund Spenser became an undertaker in the first Elizabethan plantation, receiving the forfeited Irish estate of Kilcolman Castle.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of estate in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Nouns
- en estates
- en estated
- en estate tax
- en estate car
- en estate sale
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "estate" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.