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Definition of "are" [are]

  • Second person singular and plural and first and third person plural present indicative of be. (verb)
  • A metric unit of area equal to 100 square meters (119.6 square yards). (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "are" in a sentence
  • "There _are_ situations in which religious organizations are better placed to serve a population than outside organizations."
  • "The people who are furious that their tax rate might go up so that the undeserving poor won't die of the flu - these are just ugly, ugly horrible mean people, who are more interested in what other people * aren't* doing with their lives than they are in what they * are* doing with theirs."
  • "They are not there for the money; they *are* there for the rep, the early connections."