Are vs Acre - What's the difference?
are | acre |
(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
(label) A field.
A unit of surface area (symbol'' a. ''or ac.), originally as much as a yoke of oxen could plough in a day; later defined as an area 1 chain (22 yd) by 1 furlong (220 yd), or 4,840 square yards. Equivalent to about 4,046.86 square metres.
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, chapter=2 A large amount (of area).
As nouns the difference between are and acre
is that are is 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: aacre is a field.As a verb are
is form of be|lang=en.As a proper noun Acre is
a port city in northern Israel.are
English
(ARE)Etymology 1
From (etyl) aren, from (etyl) earun, .Verb
(head)- Mary, where are you going?
- We are not coming.
- Mary and John, are you listening?
- They are here somewhere.
Synonyms
* (second-person singular) (archaic) art (used with thou )See also
* am * is * art * be * being * been * beest * was * wast * were * wertEtymology 2
From (etyl) are.Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
* Are is now rarely used except in its derivative hectare.Synonyms
* (SI unit) (rare) square decametreDerived terms
* centiare * decare * hectareStatistics
*acre
English
(wikipedia acre)Alternative forms
* (archaic)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=Buried within the Mediterranean littoral are some seventy to ninety million tons of slag from ancient smelting, about a third of it concentrated in Iberia. This ceaseless industrial fueling caused the deforestation of an estimated fifty to seventy million acres of woodlands.}}
