Definition of estate

"estate" in the noun sense

1. estate

everything you own all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities

2. estate, land, landed estate, acres, demesne

extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use

"the family owned a large estate on Long Island"

3. estate of the realm, estate, the three estates

a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights

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Quotations for estate

Frugality is an estate alone. [ Proverb ]

Oh, frail estate of human things! [ Dryden ]

A good reputation is a fair estate. [ Proverb ]

It is good to be a-kin to an estate. [ Proverb ]

Fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen.
Fallen from his high estate.
And welt'ring in his blood;
Deserted at his utmost need.
But those his former bounty fed;
On the bare earth exposed he lies,
With not a friend to close his eyes. [ Dryden ]

Goodness is beauty in its best estate. [ Marlowe ]

But to the world no bugbear is so great,
As want of figure and a small estate. [ Pope ]

No honest man gets an estate of a sudden. [ Proverb ]

The press is the fourth estate of the realm. [ Carlyle ]

He that lies long abed, his estate feels it. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Man yields to custom as he bows to fate.
In all things ruled - mind, body and estate;
In pain or sickness, we for cure apply
To them we know not, and we know not why. [ Crabbe ]

Man yields to custom as he bows to fate,
In all things ruled--mind, body, and estate;
In pain, in sickness, we for cure apply
To them we know not, and we know not why. [ Crabbe ]

Estate in two parishes is bread in two wallets. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

A fool loses his estate before he finds his folly. [ Proverb ]

The care of a large estate is an unpleasant thing. [ Juvenal ]

No estate can make him rich that has a poor heart. [ Proverb ]

He that gets an estate will probably never spend it. [ Proverb ]

What is an estate good for, if it cannot buy content? [ Proverb ]

A gentleman without an estate is a pudding without suet. [ Proverb ]

What is a great estate good for, if it brings melancholy? [ Proverb ]

It is a hard thing to have a great estate, and not fall in love with it. [ Proverb ]

Diligence alone is a good patrimony, but negligence will waste a fair estate. [ Proverb ]

There is nothing so clear-sighted and sensible as a noble mind in a low estate. [ Jane Porter ]

Death possesses a good deal of real estate, namely, the graveyard in every town. [ Hawthorne ]

A noble heart, like the sun, showeth its greatest countenance in its lowest estate. [ Sir P. Sidney ]

Man yields to custom as he bows to fate, - in all things ruled, mind, body, and estate. [ Crabbe ]

They who lie soft and warm in a rich estate seldom come to heat themselves at the altar. [ South ]

The lawyer is a gentleman who rescues your estate from your enemies, and keeps it to himself. [ Brougham ]

Think not your estate your own, while any man can call upon you for money which you cannot pay. [ Johnson ]

Proportion thy charity to the strength of thy estate, lest God proportion thy estate to the weakness of thy charity. [ Quarles ]

Knowledge is not a shop for profit or sale, but a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of men's estate. [ Bacon ]

Extremes are dangerous: a middle estate is safest; as a middle temper of the sea, between a still calm and a violent tempest, is most helpful to convey the mariner to his haven. [ Swinnock ]

Your estate, your home, and your pleasing wife must be left, and of these trees which you are rearing, not one shall follow you, their short-lived owner, except the hateful cypresses. [ Horace ]

Portion or Part? The distinction between these words is usually unheeded. A portion is a part assigned, allotted, or set aside for a special purpose; part has a less limited meaning. Hence, we may say correctly:
In what part of the city do you live?
What portion of the estate do you inherit?. [ Pure English, Hackett And Girvin, 1884 ]

estate in Scrabble®

The word estate is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 6

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters estate:

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estate in Words With Friends™

The word estate is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 6

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters estate:

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In estate

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Words containing the sequence estate

Words that start with estate (4 words)

Words that end with estate (7 words)

Word Growth involving estate

Shorter words in estate

at ate state

at stat state

ta stat state

Longer words containing estate

estates estatesman

estates estatesmen

estates gestates

estates restates prestates

gestate gestated

gestate gestates

realestate

restate prestate prestated

restate prestate prestates

restate restated prestated

restate restatement restatements

restate restates prestates

testate intestate