are

The word “are” means a metric unit of area equal to 100 square metres, rarely used today. In plain terms, an old metric measure of land area, mostly replaced today by the hectare (100 ares).

“Are” is pronounced eh-uh (/ɛəɹ/ in IPA).

Here is “are” used in a sentence: “The plot of land measured just under three ares.”

“Are” is a noun.

The word “are” comes from Latin. From French are, itself from Latin area, "open space.".

“Are” is a very common word in modern English, usually learned at around the A1 level.

Both are present-tense forms of the verb "be": "is" goes with singular third-person subjects ("she is ready"), while "are" goes with "you," "we," "they," and plural nouns ("the dogs are ready"). With collective nouns, American English usually treats them as singular ("the team is"), while British English often allows the plural ("the team are").

"Are" is a verb — the plural and second-person present form of "be" ("you are early") — while "our" is a possessive word meaning belonging to us ("our house"). They can sound alike in fast speech, which is why the two are often mixed up in writing.

As a noun, an are is a metric unit of area equal to 100 square metres — a square ten metres on each side. It is rarely used on its own today, but it survives inside the word "hectare," which equals 100 ares, or 10,000 square metres.