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Dictionaryarearea unit
noun

are

AR/ˈɑr/

A metric unit of area equal to 100 square meters.

The survey lists the garden's area as one are.

A square garden plot divided visibly into ten by ten equal one-meter squares, with a human gardener for scale; no text.
Etymology
areLatinlevel ground, open space

Latin area meant a level or open piece of ground. That land-space meaning supplied the name for a standardized metric area: a square ten meters on each side.

More examples

  • Ten ares equal one thousand square meters.
  • The plot measures three ares.
  • An are is smaller than a hectare.

Forms

are · ares