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: A Aë A- A. Aa Ab Ac Ad Ae Af Ag Ah Ai Aj Ak Al Am An Ao Ap Aq Ar As At Au Av Aw Ax Ay Az

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are (root: be)

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Noun, Verb (usu participle)

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4161 in 3468 verses (in OT : 2963 in 2465 verses) (in NT : 1198 in 1003 verses)

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun are has 1 sense

are(n = noun.quantity) ar - a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters; Array

is a kind of area unit, square measure

is a part of hectare

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CIDE DICTIONARY

are, [AS. (Northumbrian) aron, akin to the 1st pers. pl. forms, Icel. erum, Goth. sijum, L. sumus, Gr. , Skr. smas; all from a root as. See Am and Is, and cf. Be.].

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. [1913 Webster]

are, n. [F., fr. L. area. See Area.].

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. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

are, 2nd sing. present & 1st, 2nd, 3rd pl. present of BE.

are, n. a metric unit of measure, equal to 100 square metres.

Etymology

F f. L AREA

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