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are

1

[ ahr; unstressed er ]

verb

  1. present indicative plural and 2nd person singular of be.


are

2

[ air, ahr ]

noun

  1. a measure of surface area: 1 are is equal to 1/100 (0.01) of a hectare (100 square meters or 119.6 square yards). : a

are

1

/ ɑː /

noun

  1. a unit of area equal to 100 sq metres or 119.599 sq yards; one hundredth of a hectare a


are

2

/ ɑː; ə /

verb

  1. the plural form of the present tense (indicative mood) of the verb `be' and the singular form used with you

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Word History and Origins

Origin of are1

First recorded before 900; Middle English aren, are, arn, Old English (Northumbrian) aron; cognate with Old Norse eru, 3rd person plural; replacing Old English bēoth, sind; art 2

Origin of are2

First recorded in 1810–20; from French, from Latin ārea “vacant piece of level ground, open space in a town, threshing floor”; area

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Word History and Origins

Origin of are1

C19: from French, from Latin ārea piece of level ground; see area

Origin of are2

Old English aron, second person plural of bēon to be

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Example Sentences

That gross abuse should be among the products of such all-prior-bets-are-off decision making is hardly surprising.

Dwyer was present for many of the events he describes, providing a you-are-in-the-room feel.

“No,” he said, with an are-you-kidding kind of look on his face.

Surely there are a comparable number of researchers with sticky palms on the vaccines-are-safe side of the ledger as well.

This was the corporations-are-people Romney, who seems like a plutocrat even as he tries to strike an average-guy tone.

His mother pointed out the direction, and said it was called Are-ava, house-of-banyan-sticks.

If the base metals are not gold, it is only through some accidental hindrance; they are-all potentially gold.

Ahif you are so coldhow cold you are!it gives me little shivers when you look soand I am always hotLettie!

"We a-are uunder no-o-o acceleration fro-om he-ell," the literal mind told him.

And they answered, ‘We-aw-are-the-aw-Staff-aw-Department, godmother, and we are very well indeed.’

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