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• an inflection of be.
• an inflection of be.

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; cf. 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”; see area

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Explanation

Are is the plural of "is" and "am," a form of the most common verb "be." He is going, but we are going. Are is also used with you, as in, "Are you going to the movies?" In English, the forms of be break down like this: "I am; you are; he is; we are; they are; you (more than one of you) are." Are, of course, is only used when you are talking about things that are happening now. When they already happened, the word is were: we are here now, but we were there yesterday. Are is also a metric measurement equal to 100 square meters, but the unit is rarely used these days.

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As more transactions are carried out by AI assistants on behalf of shoppers, the e-commerce platform Shopify has has become “a real thought leader around agentic commerce,” Lane told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 17, 2026

There are a few explanations for how a seemingly can’t-miss prospect ended up so far from the mark.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Silver’s decline “syncs up with the warning lights we are seeing in the energy markets — with persistently high energy prices virtually certain to slow the economy, or worse,” Gleason told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 17, 2026

The job requirements are straightforward if not hellacious: Work at the office in person from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Many leaflets appeal to the Filipino soldiers’ homesickness by saying that their parents, wives, and loved ones are waiting for them.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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