Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A metric unit of area equal to 100 square meters (119.6 square yards).
from The Century Dictionary.
- The present indicative plural of the substantive verb to be. See
be . - noun The note immediately above the tonic, ut, in the grave hexachord of Guido d'Arezzo's musical scale.
- noun A suffix applied to the names of orders in the quantitative classification of igneous rocks proposed by Cross, Iddings, Pirsson, and Washington: as, canadare, columbare. See
classification of igneous rocks , underrock . - noun In the metric system, a unit of superficial or square measure, containing 100 square meters, or 119.6 square yards. Its abbreviation is adjective
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- The present indicative plural of the substantive verb to
be ; but etymologically a different word frombe , orwas .Am ,art ,are , andis , all come from the rootas . - noun (Metric system) The unit of superficial measure, being a square of which each side is ten meters in length; 100 square meters, or about 119.6 square yards.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb second-person singular simple present tense of
be - verb first-person plural simple present tense of
be - verb second-person plural simple present tense of
be - verb third-person plural simple present tense of
be - noun rare An accepted (but
deprecated and rarely used)SI unit of area equal to 100square metres , or a former unit of approximately the same extent. Symbol:a
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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He notes in Google's defence that Advertisers are generally making no claim that they *are* the trademark holder, they're just assuming that their message might be of interest to a user typing a query within a given universe of meaning.
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These are the forces of Transnational Progressivism at work...and they in turn are the descendents of Communism who regrouped from that failure. and since the People rejected Communism..are trying to use mechanisms of Law and unaccountable NGOs staffed by Elites that bypass democratic institutions.
"Koh's writings—especially when exaggerated—will add to charges from the right that Obama is a closet socialist." Ann Althouse 2009
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What are some more such myths assuming the aforesaid *are* myths, that is!
Darlene's Digest Darlene 2009
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For me, this means that the happiness provided by the system through security Canadians generally don't lose sleep about being wiped out by medical costs or losing insurance, and the happiness provided by knowing your fellow Canadians are covered as well *are* important drivers for my support even at the real cost of those needing medical care in the system.
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Of course I will have to read the book to see how Harris makes the claim the parents don't matter - from the simple perspective that parents *are* (well, some are) a "peer" (i.e. someone you interact with) you can see they will have some effect.
Can Billions of Parents Be Wrong?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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As a biologist, on the one hand I have no problem saying that there are real statistical differences between human males and human females in terms of anatomy/physiology/behavior (because there *are*) . . . but I also know how individual variation (on both sides of the gender line) is quite capable of completely trashing those averaged-out stats when one is dealing with *particular* men and women.
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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.
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There _are_ situations in which religious organizations are better placed to serve a population than outside organizations.
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They are not there for the money; they *are* there for the rep, the early connections.
Obama to congressional Republicans: "You can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done." Ann Althouse 2009
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Rigorous moral standards are hard to follow precisely because they *are* rigorous.
nuxiy commented on the word are
Norwegian male name, most popular in the northern parts.
March 29, 2009
oroboros commented on the word are
Modern art? Crossword puzzle clue.
January 11, 2014