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estate

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English estat, from Anglo-Norman estat and Old French estat (French: état), from Latin status. Doublet of state and status.

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Noun

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estate (plural estates)

  1. The collective property and liabilities of someone, especially a deceased person. [from 19th c.]
  2. (now rare, archaic) state; condition. [from 13th c.]
    • c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i], page 275:
      But when I came to mans eſtate,
      With hey ho, [the winde and the raine],
      Gainſt Knaues and Theeues men ſhut their gate.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 12:16:
      Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate.
    • 1643, John Milton, Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce:
      To remove therfore if it be possible, this great and sad oppression which through the strictnes of a literall interpreting hath invaded and disturb’d the dearest and most peaceable estate of houshold society, to the over-burdening, if not the over-whelming of many Christians better worth then to be so deserted of the Churches considerate care, this position shall be laid down; first proving, then answering what may be objected either from Scripture or light of reason.
  3. (archaic) Status, rank. [from 13th c.]
    • 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC:
      God hath imprinted his authority in several parts, upon several estates of men.
  4. (archaic) The condition of one's fortunes; prosperity, possessions. [from 14th c.]
  5. (obsolete) A "person of estate"; a nobleman or noblewoman. [14th–17th c.]
  6. (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). [from 14th c.]
    • 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial, published 2007, page 115:
      I am afraid that some of the nobles who are campaigning for it simply want to use the Estates to cut down the King's power and increase their own.
    • 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, published 2012, page 202:
      The three estates of feudal lords, clergy and royal officers met in separate chambers, and exercised an advisory role.
  7. (law) The nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land. [from 15th c.]
  8. An (especially extensive) area of land, under a single ownership. [from 18th c.]
    • 2014 September 7, “Doddington's garden pyramid is a folly good show: The owners of a Lincolnshire stately home have brought the folly into the 21st century, by building a 30ft pyramid [print edition: Great pyramid of Lincolnshire, 6 September 2014, p. G2]”, in The Daily Telegraph‎[1], London:
      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.
  9. The landed property owned or controlled by a government or a department of government.
  10. (UK, sometimes derogatory) A housing estate. [from 20th c.]
    • 2012 October 19, Josephine McDermott, “London's new housing loses the 'dirty word'”, in BBC News‎[2]:
      Professor Loretta Lees from King's College London's geography department says, "The word 'estate' has become synonymous with the term 'ghetto'. It's become a dirty word. Back in the '20s and '30s it didn't carry the same stigma."
  11. (UK, 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). [from 20th c.]
  12. (obsolete) The state; the general body politic; the common-wealth; the general interest; state affairs.
    • 1612, Francis Bacon, Of Judicature:
      I call matter of estate not only the parts of sovereignty, but whatsoever […] concerneth manifestly any great portion of people.
  13. (computing) An organization's collective information technology resources.
    • 2015, Peter Carter, Pro SQL Server Administration, page 82:
      This time, however, it only includes the static parameters that you expect to be consistent across your estate.

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Derived terms

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Translations

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body style of cars — see station wagon

Adjective

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estate (not comparable)

  1. (jewelry, euphemistic) Previously owned; secondhand.
    an estate diamond; estate jewelry

Verb

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estate (third-person singular simple present estates, present participle estating, simple past and past participle estated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To give an estate to.
  2. (obsolete, transitive) To bestow upon.

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Anagrams

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Interlingua

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Etymology

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From Italian.

Noun

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estate (plural estates)

  1. summer

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Seasons in Interlingua · stationes del anno (layout · text) · category
primavera (“spring”) estate (“summer”) autumno (“autumn”) hiberno (“winter”)

Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Latinizing modification of state, inherited from Latin aestātem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /eˈsta.te/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Hyphenation: e‧stà‧te

Noun

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estate f (plural estati)

  1. summer
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Seasons in Italian · stagioni (layout · text) · category
primavera (“spring”) estate (“summer”) autunno (“autumn”) inverno (“winter”)

Further reading

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  • estate in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /esˈtate/ [esˈt̪a.t̪e]
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Syllabification: es‧ta‧te

Verb

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estate

  1. inflection of estar:
    1. second-person singular imperative combined with te
    2. second-person singular voseo imperative combined with te
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