Are
det, name, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 An accepted (but deprecated and rarely used) metric unit of area equal to 100 square metres, or a former unit of approximately the same extent. Symbol: a. rare
- 2 Initialism of advance reader’s edition. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
- 3 a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters wordnet
- 1 second-person singular simple present of be form-of, present, second-person, singular
"Mary, where are you going?"
- 2 first-person plural simple present of be first-person, form-of, plural, present
"We are not coming."
- 3 second-person plural simple present of be form-of, plural, present, second-person
"Mary and John, are you listening?"
- 4 third-person plural simple present of be form-of, plural, present, third-person
"They are here somewhere."
- 5 present of be East, Midlands, Yorkshire, form-of, present
- 1 Misspelling of our. UK, US, alt-of, misspelling
- 1 A village in Saaremaa, Saare County, Estonia.
- 2 Initialism of Arab Republic of Egypt. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"They are too busy fighting against each other to care for common ideals."
Etymology
From Middle English aren, from Old English earun, earon (“are”), reinforced by Old Norse plural forms in er- (displacing alternative Old English sind and bēoþ), from Proto-Germanic *arun (“(they) are”), from Proto-Germanic *esi/*izi (a form of Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to be”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti (“is”). Cognate with Old Norse eru (“(they) are”) (> Icelandic eru (“(they) are”), Swedish äro (“(they) are”), Danish er (“(they) are”)), Old English eart (“(thou) art”). More at art.
From French are.
From the phonetic similarity between our and are in many English dialects (both /ɑː(ɹ)/).
From Estonian Are.
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