1. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters
   "The small urban garden measured just a few ares";
   - ar

1. Have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
   "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
    
2. Be identical to; be someone or something
   "The president of the company is John Smith"; "This is my house"
    
3. Occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
   "Where is my umbrella?"; "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?"
    
4. Have reality; have an existence, be extant
   "Is there a God?";
   - exist
    
5. Be identical or equivalent to
   "One dollar is 1,000 rubles these days!";
   - equal
    
6. Form or compose
   "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance";
   - constitute, represent, make up, comprise
    
7. Work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
   "He is a herpetologist"; "She is our resident philosopher";
   - follow
    
8. Represent, as of a character on stage
   "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet";
   - embody, personify
    
9. Spend or use time
   "I may be an hour"
    
10. Have life, be alive
    "Our great leader is no more";
    - live
     
11. To remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted — used only in infinitive form
    "let her be"
     
12. Be priced at
    "That table is £100";
    - cost

Sounds like: our, aa

Derived forms: ares

Type of: area unit, bear on, concern, have to do with, occupy, pertain, refer, relate, remain, represent, rest, square measure, stand for, stay, symbol [archaic], symbolise [Brit], symbolize, take, touch, touch on, typify, use up, work

Antonym: differ

Part of: hectare

Encyclopedia: Are, Saare County