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are

noun

  1. metric unit of area
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Pronunciation: /ə(ɹ)/ / /ɑː(ɹ)/ / /aː(ɹ)/

det

Etymology: From the phonetic similarity between our and are in many English dialects (both /ɑː(ɹ)/).

  1. Misspelling of our.

name

  1. Initialism of Arab Republic of Egypt.

noun

  1. Initialism of advance reader’s edition.

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *arun? Old English earon Middle English aren English are From Middle English aren, from Old English (Anglian) earun, earon (“are”, plural). Possibly reinforced by the Old Norse plural forms in er-, this displaced the alternative forms Old English sind and bēoþ. In the second person singular it displaced archaic art. Further etymology controversial: * The English forms, as well as the Old Swedish forms in ær-, could reflect Proto-Germanic preterite-present *ōr ~ *arum, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃e-h₃ór-h₂e (“I have risen”, perfect). * Since they are not the expected outcomes of the Proto-Germanic forms of *wesaną (“to be”) in *iz-, they would have to be irregular alterations. For Seebold this explanation is still preferable as similar variants in other verbs are not uncommon.

  1. second-person singular simple present of be

    Mary, where are you going?

  2. first-person plural simple present of be

    We are not coming.

    Here we are!

  3. second-person plural simple present of be

    Mary and John, are you listening?

  4. third-person plural simple present of be

    They are here somewhere.

    BEloued, beleeue not euery ſpirit, but trie the ſpirits, whether they are of God: becauſe many falſe prophets are gone out into the woꝛld.

  5. present of be