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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Are \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.
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Are \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]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
are
n 1: a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters [syn:
are, ar]
From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016) :
ARE
All Routes Explorer (ATM)
From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :
ARE. A French measure of surface. This is a square, the sides of which are
of the length of ten metres. The are is equal to 1076.441 square feet. Vide
Measure.
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