are

¹ American  

[ahr, er] / ɑr, ər /

verb

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

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are ² American  

[air, ahr] / ɛər, ɑr /

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

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are ¹ British  

/ 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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are ² British  

/ ɑː /

noun

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

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Etymology

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

Example Sentences

The Financial Times reported on Wednesday that Chinese regulators are reviewing the deal for possible technology-control violations.

From MarketWatch

If you and your husband give $76,000 to your daughter and your son-in-law —both of you giving $19,000 to each separately — you are exactly within the federal annual gift-tax exemption.

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Fresh surveys of consumers have found more higher-income Americans are starting to feel the pressure of a weaker labor market, which will likely lead to less spending and weaken the economy.

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But gross margins for the model are much lower, at around 32%, than the company’s current margins at more than 60%, RBC says.

From The Wall Street Journal

Fans are feeling frisky about a plan to transform the building into a bar, campaigning against the idea in letters to city board members and online.

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