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are

1 American  
[ahr, er] / ɑr, ər /

verb

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

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

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

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