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're

're is the contracted form of are.

Meaning of are

Noun

are (plural ares)

  1. (rare) An accepted (but deprecated and rarely used) metric unit of area equal to 100 square metres, or a former unit of approximately the same extent. Symbol: a.
    Synonyms:
    square decametre

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Origin of 're

Reduced pronunciation of are.

Words formed from 're

Questions about 're

What is 're the contracted form of?
're is the contracted form of are.

Words near 're in the dictionary

  1. 'rales
  2. 'rari
  3. 'raris
  4. 'rat
  5. 'rats
  6. 're
  7. 'rents
  8. 'rest
  9. 'rhoids
  10. 'rickshaw
  11. 'rickshaws

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Adapted from Wiktionary: 're (page history and authors); are (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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