Are (&?;), n. [F., fr. L. area. See Area.]
(Metric system) 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.
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.
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