are
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology 1
From Middle English arn, aren from Old English N. Dial. earun, earon (“‘are’”) and Old Norse er (displacing Old English sind), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“‘to be, exist’”) (through rhotacism), alt. from Proto-Indo-European *h₁er- (“‘to move, set in motion’”).
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- Stressed
- Unstressed
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are
- Second-person singular simple present tense of be.
- Mary, where are you going?
- First-person plural simple present tense of be.
- We are not coming.
- Second-person plural simple present tense of be.
- Mary and John, are you listening?
- Third-person plural simple present tense of be.
- They are here somewhere.
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be — see be
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[edit] Noun
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are (plural ares)
- (rare) An accepted (but deprecated and rarely used) SI unit of area equal to 100 square metres, or a former unit of approximately the same extent. Symbol: a
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- Are is now rarely used except in its derivative hectare.
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- (SI unit): (rare) square decametre
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unit of area
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==Basque==
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are
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are
- are, a unit of surface area
[edit] French
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From Latin area, a piece of level ground.
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are m. (plural ares)
- An are.
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are f. pl.
- Plural form of ara.
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- that one over there
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| Japanese demonstratives (edit) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ko- | so- | a- | do- | |
| Pronoun | これ | それ | あれ | どれ |
| Determiner | この | その | あの | どの |
| Kind | こんな | そんな | あんな | どんな |
| Place | ここ | そこ | あそこ* | どこ |
| Direction | こちら | そちら | あちら | どちら |
| Manner | こう | そう | ああ | どう |
| * irregular | ||||
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are (hiragana あれ)
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are (using Raguileo Alphabet)
[edit] Old English
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- IPA: /'a:re/
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āre (form of ār)
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are
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are
- third-person singular present tense form of avea. he/she has
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