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real-estate

real-estate is the alternative form of real estate.

Meaning of real estate

Noun

real estate (uncountable)

  1. Property that cannot easily be moved, usually buildings and the ground on which they are built.
    • They failed to find any investors for the construction of new real estate on the north side.
  2. (informal) Space used for a particular purpose.
    • Virtual desktops allow you to stretch your screen real estate well beyond its normal size.2007, Preston Gralla, Big Book of Windows Hacks

Adjective

real-estate (not comparable)

  1. Referring or relating to real estate.

Phrases with real-estate

Questions about real-estate

What does real-estate mean?
Real-estate means referring or relating to real estate.
What is real-estate the alternative form of?
Real-estate is the alternative form of real estate.
What part of speech is real-estate?
Real-estate is an adjective.

Words near real-estate in the dictionary

  1. real valued
  2. real vector space
  3. real vector spaces
  4. real world
  5. real worlds
  6. real-estate
  7. real-estate agent
  8. real-estate agents
  9. real-estate tax
  10. real-estate taxes
  11. real-life

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Adapted from Wiktionary: real-estate (page history and authors); real estate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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