estate

noun

i-ˈstāt How to pronounce estate (audio)
Definition of estatenext
1
as in mansion
a large impressive residence the estates of multimillionaires line the shores of this ocean resort

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2
as in health
a state of being or fitness the mayor pronounced the city's schools to be in their best estate ever

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3
as in class
one of the segments of society into which people are grouped the passionate belief that a society is judged by how well it treats and cares for those in the lowest estate

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as in farm
a piece of land and its buildings used to grow crops or raise livestock a huge coffee estate in Brazil

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Recent Examples of estate The estate was the perfect wedding present from the late Queen Elizabeth to her athletic, no-nonsense daughter and her first husband, Mark Phillips. — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 29 Oct. 2026 Opened in 1923, La Mamounia originated as a 18th-century estate gifted by Sultan Mohammed Ben Abdallah and blends Arab-Andalusian heritage with Art Deco glamour. — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2026 The current owners have continued to update the estate, installing an elevator, adding Gaggenau wine storage, and upgrading the home theater. — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 2026 Christopher Jordan Wallace, better known as CJ, has challenged Barrow’s control of Wallace’s estate, which Wallace granted Barrow executorship of before her death in February 2025. — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 29 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for estate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for estate
  1. mansion
  2. health
  3. class
  4. farm
  5. manor
  6. condition
  7. level
  8. ranch
Noun
  • The hallucinatory cinematography and imposing Victorian mansion in which much of the story unfolds provide an abundance of atmosphere.
    — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Now, Newsom is termed out of the governor’s mansion early next year and is reportedly laying the groundwork for a presidential run in 2028, where his track record on homelessness will almost inevitably come up on the campaign trail.
    — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of mansion
Noun
  • The health benefits it is meant to finance aren’t one-time expenses, after all.
    — Ramesh Ponnuru, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Those effects compound quickly in health systems already under strain.
    — Ruby Wang, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of health
Noun
  • Before the five-in-five rule was passed in late June after the NBA Draft, granting five years of eligibility beginning with the 2023 high school class, UConn was seriously considering adding one player who was 23 years old, married with a child.
    — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026
  • What’s masked as a culture war in Florida is actually a class war the billionaires designed to tune us out, but young people are ready to even the scales on Election Day.
    — Cameron Driggers, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of class
Noun
  • Few farms are affected by the tax, which already included some exemptions for agriculture.
    — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Kashpirovskiy performing tricks and hypnotizing a kolkhoz [Soviet cooperative farm] audience.
    — Will Tizard, Variety, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of farm
Noun
  • The house combines several architectural styles — Romanesque arches on the tower, Renaissance window pediments, English-manor chimneys.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026
  • After hours, Neo-Vision parks his body in the bar’s walk-in fridge and retreats to a mind palace modeled after a British country manor.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of manor
Noun
  • Testing will then progress through increasingly higher power levels, allowing engineers to evaluate the reactor core, instrumentation, and integrated systems under operating conditions.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
  • More subpoenas were expected, according to the person who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the ongoing probe.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of condition
Noun
  • The music as a whole seems to reflect all of this moment-to-moment action at a larger structural level, shifting from one overlapping movement to the next according to the same fractal geometry that governs the beat.
    — Andy Cush, Pitchfork, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Even longer hair on Tyler and Perry, also blowing in those hurricane-level breezes, with the singer festooned in a beautiful open blouse?
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of level
Noun
  • The Flax Estate and Vineyard in Sonoma County wine country, once part of Hollywood actor Fred MacMurray’s ranch, has evolved into an expanse that’s home to a vintage farmhouse, caretaker’s cottage and modern home.
    — Kat Tran October 29, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Today, shooters working for Maui Nui Venison take deer from private ranches each night.
    — Tovar Cerulli, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of ranch

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“Estate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/estate. Accessed 3 Nov. 2026.

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