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Definition estate in British English

estate noun

[countable] noun
/ɪˈsteɪt/
1

an area where there are many houses, usually built at the same time by the same company. Many estates are owned by local government and have cheap houses for poorer families. The American word is development

Example

He grew up on an estate.

Synonyms and related words
agora area armpit
Synonyms and related words
agora area armpit
1.2

a large area of land where a particular crop is grown

1.3

a very large area of land that belongs to one person, usually with a very big house on it

Example

She has a team of six people who manage the estate.

Synonyms and related words
alley alleyway arcade
2

all the property and money that belongs to someone, especially someone who has just died

3

a long car with an extra door at the back and a lot of space behind the back seats

Synonyms and related words
a good runner automatic cabriolet
4

an old word for each of the three groups of people involved in governing a country: the nobility, the clergy, and ordinary people

Synonyms and related words
absolutism anarchy autarky
5

an old word meaning the situation or state that someone is in

Example

the holy estate of matrimony

Synonyms and related words
situation circumstance conditions
Definition estate in British English