estate
noun
a piece of landed property, especially one of large extent with an elaborate house on it.
estates
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pluralof estate.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Visitors to Ireland are often surprised by the number of prehistoric burial monuments that stand like apparitions beside roaring highways or humming industrial estates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
They were grandees of enormous estates where cattle mostly tended themselves until they were rounded up and sold for their hides, which came to be called “Yankee dollars.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
It’s also not hard to imagine the estates of Big Mama Thornton and Arthur Crudup — should any such entities exist — scoffing at those headlines.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
For families with complex estates, consolidating accounts and assets under one trustee can help everything run more smoothly.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026
The College owned farms and estates all over England.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
