English Dictionary: Are | by the DICT Development Group |
3 results for Are | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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. |