are, ar
(noun) a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
be
(verb) spend or use time; “I may be an hour”
be, follow
(verb) work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; “He is a herpetologist”; “She is our resident philosopher”
exist, be
(verb) have an existence, be extant; “Is there a God?”
be
(verb) have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); “John is rich”; “This is not a good answer”
be, live
(verb) have life, be alive; “Our great leader is no more”; “My grandfather lived until the end of war”
be
(verb) be identical to; be someone or something; “The president of the company is John Smith”; “This is my house”
constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be
(verb) form or compose; “This money is my only income”; “The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance”; “These constitute my entire belonging”; “The children made up the chorus”; “This sum represents my entire income for a year”; “These few men comprise his entire army”
be
(verb) occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; “Where is my umbrella?”; “The toolshed is in the back”; “What is behind this behavior?”
equal, be
(verb) be identical or equivalent to; “One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!”
embody, be, personify
(verb) represent, as of a character on stage; “Derek Jacobi was Hamlet”
cost, be
(verb) be priced at; “These shoes cost $100”
be
(verb) happen, occur, take place; “I lost my wallet; this was during the visit to my parents’ house”; “There were two hundred people at his funeral”; “There was a lot of noise in the kitchen”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
are
second-person singular simple present of be
first-person plural simple present of be
second-person plural simple present of be
third-person plural simple present of be
(East Yorkshire, Midlands) present of be
• (second-person singular): (archaic) art (used with thou)
• The pronunciation /aĘŠÉš/ arising from confusion of "are" and "our" is rare, however it results as the latter can be elided into /É‘Éą/ in quick speech.
are (plural ares)
(rare) An accepted (but deprecated and rarely used) SI unit of area equal to 100 square metres, or a former unit of approximately the same extent. Symbol: a.
• Are is now rarely used except in its derivative hectare.
• (SI unit): (rare) square decametre
• 'ear, Aer, EAR, ERA, REA, Rae, Rea, aer-, aĂ«r-, ear, era, rea
ARE (plural AREs)
Initialism of advance reader’s edition.
• 'ear, Aer, EAR, ERA, REA, Rae, Rea, aer-, aĂ«r-, ear, era, rea
Source: Wiktionary
Are. Etym: [AS. (Northumbrian) aron, akin to the 1st pers. pl. forms, Icel. erum, Goth. sijum, L. sumus, Gr. smas; all from a root as. Am and Is, and cf. Be.]
Definition: The present indicative plural of the substantive verb to be; but etymologically a different word from be, or was. Am, art, are, and is, all come from the root as.
Are, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. area. See Area.] (Metric system)
Definition: The unit of superficial measure, being a square of which each side is ten meters in length; 100 square meters, or about 119.6 square yards.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
30 May 2023
(adjective) bound with chains; “enchained demons strained in anger to gnaw on his bones”; “prisoners in chains”
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