ARE Meaning of ARE in English [are] [ME, fr. OE earun; akin to ON eru, erum are, OE is is] pres 2d sing or pres pl of be [2]are n [F, fr. L area] (ca. 1819): a unit of area in the metric system equal to 100 square meters Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012