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Contraposition Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Estate : what sense?
For as many as a hundred and eighty days, he displayed the glorious riches of his kingdom and the resplendent wealth of his royal estate.
What sense does this 'estate' mean?
1 [count] a : all of the things that a person owns
? His estate is worth millions of dollars. b : the things left by someone who has died ? He inherited the estate from his parents.
2 [count] : a large piece of land with a large house on it ? a country estate ? the grounds of the estate— see also /tinymce347/real estate
3 [count] Brit : a group of buildings that were built for a particular purpose (such as housing or industry) on an area of land ? a council estate [=buildings built by a local government council]— see also /tinymce347/industrial estate
4 [count] Brit : /tinymce347/estate car, /tinymce347/station wagon
5 [noncount] formal : a particular state or condition ? the estate [=state] of matrimony
What sense does this 'estate' mean?
1 [count] a : all of the things that a person owns
? His estate is worth millions of dollars. b : the things left by someone who has died ? He inherited the estate from his parents.
2 [count] : a large piece of land with a large house on it ? a country estate ? the grounds of the estate— see also /tinymce347/real estate
3 [count] Brit : a group of buildings that were built for a particular purpose (such as housing or industry) on an area of land ? a council estate [=buildings built by a local government council]— see also /tinymce347/industrial estate
4 [count] Brit : /tinymce347/estate car, /tinymce347/station wagon
5 [noncount] formal : a particular state or condition ? the estate [=state] of matrimony
Top answer
My inclination is to take it as definition 2, but you could take it as 1 as well without contradiction, so it could be either or both. CJ
- My inclination is to take it as definition 2, but you could take it as 1 as well without contradiction, so it could be either or both.
- CJ
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My inclination is to take it as definition 2, but you could take it as 1 as well without contradiction, so it could be either or both.
CJ
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