REAL ESTATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does real estate mean? 

• REAL ESTATE (noun)
  The noun REAL ESTATE has 1 sense:

1. property consisting of houses and land

  Familiarity information: REAL ESTATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REAL ESTATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Property consisting of houses and land

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

immovable; real estate; real property; realty

Hypernyms ("real estate" is a kind of...):

belongings; holding; property (something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "real estate"):

acres; demesne; estate; land; landed estate (extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use)

land (the land on which real estate is located)

dead hand; mortmain (real property held inalienably (as by an ecclesiastical corporation))

 Context examples 

Rarely have you had real estate options like those you can find this month and in January.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

A thick atmosphere could also help redistribute heat to the dark sides of these tidally locked planets, increasing habitable real estate.

(TRAPPIST-1 is Older Than Our Solar System, NASA/JPL)

Ceres, with an average diameter of 950 kilometers, is the largest body in the asteroid belt, the strip of solar system real estate between Mars and Jupiter.

(Dawn Spacecraft Begins Approach to Dwarf Planet Ceres, NASA)

At the appointed time she was there; but shoes was the only clew to the mystery her mind had been capable of evolving, and she suffered a distinct shock of disappointment when Martin walked her right by a shoe-store and dived into a real estate office.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

You may be ready to buy real estate or sign the work order and write the check for an upgrade to your home.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

There are many possible ways you can use the rare and special planetary powers of the month that are arriving now, but the biggest one centers on real estate.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Indeed, as a Libra, you have the best real estate aspects of any sign.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

On the day of the full moon, Mars and Jupiter will also be supportive of you, and this might help you in terms of real estate investment.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You may receive good news about a real estate matter, or more likely, you may bring in a new client at work.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

It’s also possible you will tackle a goal with your partner that seems to involve real estate, either to live in as your residence or as an investment or vacation home.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)