are
Meanings
Plural: ares
Noun
- a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
- 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.
Verb
- have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
- be identical to; be someone or something
- occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
- have an existence, be extant
- happen, occur, take place
- "I lost my wallet; this was during the visit to my parents' house"
- be identical or equivalent to
- form or compose
- work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
- represent, as of a character on stage
- spend or use time
- have life, be alive
- to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form
- be priced at
- second-person singular simple present of be
- first-person plural simple present of be
- second-person plural simple present of be
- third-person plural simple present of be
- present of be
Det
- Misspelling of our.
Origin / 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.
Synonyms
ar, art, be, comprise, constitute, cost, embody, equal, exist, follow, live, make up, personify, represent, square decametre
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 3
are is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordare is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
are is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary