Acre
noun
A unit of land area used in English-speaking countries equal to 4,840 square yards or 0.4047 hectares.
My family owns ten acres of farmland.
Often appears as...
- acres of land
- acre of forest
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Technical
noun
Any large amount or expanse.
The charity owns acres of land that are dedicated to conservation.
Often appears as...
- acres of opportunity
- acres of time
noun
A town in northern Israel.
Acre is a town you must visit if you are traveling to Israel.
Often appears as...
- acre in israel
- visit acre
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Geographic
noun
A unit of land area used in English-speaking countries equal to 4,840 square yards or 0.4047 hectares.
My family owns ten acres of farmland.
Often appears as...
- acres of land
- acre of forest
Usage tips
Technical
noun
Any large amount or expanse.
The charity owns acres of land that are dedicated to conservation.
Often appears as...
- acres of opportunity
- acres of time
noun
A town in northern Israel.
Acre is a town you must visit if you are traveling to Israel.
Often appears as...
- acre in israel
- visit acre
Usage tips
Geographic
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Pro Tip 1/3Land Measurement
An acre is commonly used to measure large tracts of land, like farms.
The new solar farm will cover a hundred acres.
Pro Tip 2/3Visualizing Size
Since an acre is a large area, compare it to football fields for better understanding.
Two football fields are slightly larger than an acre.
Pro Tip 3/3Conversion Factor
Remember, one acre is about 0.4047 hectares or 4,840 square yards.
The agricultural land was 5 hectares, or about 12.35 acres.
Pro Tip 1/3Land Measurement
An acre is commonly used to measure large tracts of land, like farms.
The new solar farm will cover a hundred acres.
Pro Tip 2/3Visualizing Size
Since an acre is a large area, compare it to football fields for better understanding.
Two football fields are slightly larger than an acre.
Pro Tip 3/3Conversion Factor
Remember, one acre is about 0.4047 hectares or 4,840 square yards.
The agricultural land was 5 hectares, or about 12.35 acres.
Pro Tip 1/3Land Measurement
An acre is commonly used to measure large tracts of land, like farms.
The new solar farm will cover a hundred acres.
Pro Tip 2/3Visualizing Size
Since an acre is a large area, compare it to football fields for better understanding.
Two football fields are slightly larger than an acre.
Pro Tip 3/3Conversion Factor
Remember, one acre is about 0.4047 hectares or 4,840 square yards.
The agricultural land was 5 hectares, or about 12.35 acres.
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facing threats like human disturbance or the introduction of predators they they are not familiar with so what with our science we discover what are the problems and how to solve them so one of the great things that we have done so far we have been able to protect 32 million acres
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Garth Lenz: The true...
twice as much greenhouse gases are sequestered in the boreal per acre than the tropical rainforests. And what we're doing is we're destroying this carbon sink, turning it into a carbon bomb. And we're replacing that with the largest industrial project in the history of the world,
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to find out how much longer this river can sustain us every time i come to hoover dam i'm struck by how important this place is in the growth of the western united states it's the water supply for 40 million people 5 million acres of farmland the lettuce you eat all winter the
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Chimps have feelings and...
there are two or three acres where two dozen chimpanzees live on each of them. And these chimpanzees would then live the life of a chimpanzee, with other chimpanzees in an environment that was as close to Africa as possible. Now, all these cases are still going on.
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Rebecca Onie: What if...
But mostly we all just sit there forever, waiting. How did we get here where we devote hundreds of acres and thousands of hours to waiting? What if we had a waiting room where you don't just sit when you're sick, but where you go to get healthy.
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Avoiding desertification...
for 50 years on millions of acres on five continents and all that is just from successful people spreading the word ordinary people that are supporting families and so on that management needs to be holistic embracing all science and
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Nudist Camp PIPE National...
it is to live a life apart in order to spend their lives without clothes nudists must form their own communities and keep them well out of sight we have 200 acres with swamps forests surrounding us in areas where we don't
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Moshe Safdie: How to...
two and a half acres, jogging paths, restaurants, and the world's longest swimming pool. And that's all I can tell you in five minutes. Thank you.
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Great Barrier Reef PIPE...
hosting thousands of species of marine life as many as a hundred different kinds of Carl may occupy a single acre of ocean
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How smart are...
While orangutans are able to pass cognitive tests with flying colors, there are certain problems that they need our help to solve. Indonesia has the world's highest rate of deforestation, and millions of acres of rain forest are burned annually to support the logging and palm oil industries.
Video examples
Protecting a Penguin...
facing threats like human disturbance or the introduction of predators they they are not familiar with so what with our science we discover what are the problems and how to solve them so one of the great things that we have done so far we have been able to protect 32 million acres
Video examples
Garth Lenz: The true...
twice as much greenhouse gases are sequestered in the boreal per acre than the tropical rainforests. And what we're doing is we're destroying this carbon sink, turning it into a carbon bomb. And we're replacing that with the largest industrial project in the history of the world,
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The Water Crisis PIPE...
to find out how much longer this river can sustain us every time i come to hoover dam i'm struck by how important this place is in the growth of the western united states it's the water supply for 40 million people 5 million acres of farmland the lettuce you eat all winter the
Video examples
Chimps have feelings and...
there are two or three acres where two dozen chimpanzees live on each of them. And these chimpanzees would then live the life of a chimpanzee, with other chimpanzees in an environment that was as close to Africa as possible. Now, all these cases are still going on.
Video examples
Rebecca Onie: What if...
But mostly we all just sit there forever, waiting. How did we get here where we devote hundreds of acres and thousands of hours to waiting? What if we had a waiting room where you don't just sit when you're sick, but where you go to get healthy.
Video examples
Avoiding desertification...
for 50 years on millions of acres on five continents and all that is just from successful people spreading the word ordinary people that are supporting families and so on that management needs to be holistic embracing all science and
Video examples
Nudist Camp PIPE National...
it is to live a life apart in order to spend their lives without clothes nudists must form their own communities and keep them well out of sight we have 200 acres with swamps forests surrounding us in areas where we don't
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Moshe Safdie: How to...
two and a half acres, jogging paths, restaurants, and the world's longest swimming pool. And that's all I can tell you in five minutes. Thank you.
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Great Barrier Reef PIPE...
hosting thousands of species of marine life as many as a hundred different kinds of Carl may occupy a single acre of ocean
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Samuel Beckett
Irish Playwright
Just under the surface I shall be, all together at first, then separate and drift, through all the earth and perhaps in the end through a cliff into the sea, something of me. A ton of worms in an acre, that is a wonderful thought, a ton of worms, I believe it.
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Roman Statesman
We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.
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Jack London
American Novelist
I write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now belongs to me. I write a book for no other reason than to add three or four hundred acres to my magnificent estate.
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Beauden Barrett
New Zealander Athlete
It certainly helped just having acres and acres of green grass, a back lawn where there's goal posts and plenty of siblings and cousins around to compete with and play against.
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Thomas Paine
English Activist
It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same.
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Sissy Spacek
American Actress
Texas is just so rich with characters. Women who live alone in a little house on a thousand acres with nothing but cattle and a pickup truck. And an airplane.
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Jesse Plemons
American Actor
I grew up in a town outside of Waco, Texas, and we had 30 acres.
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Red Auerbach
American Coach
An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.
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Krysten Ritter
American Actress
I'm from a small town, a farm, a hundred acres.
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Penelope Spheeris
American Director
I live on this nice three acres in Hollywood.
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Samuel Beckett
Irish Playwright
Just under the surface I shall be, all together at first, then separate and drift, through all the earth and perhaps in the end through a cliff into the sea, something of me. A ton of worms in an acre, that is a wonderful thought, a ton of worms, I believe it.
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Roman Statesman
We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.
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Jack London
American Novelist
I write for no other purpose than to add to the beauty that now belongs to me. I write a book for no other reason than to add three or four hundred acres to my magnificent estate.
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Beauden Barrett
New Zealander Athlete
It certainly helped just having acres and acres of green grass, a back lawn where there's goal posts and plenty of siblings and cousins around to compete with and play against.
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Thomas Paine
English Activist
It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same.
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Sissy Spacek
American Actress
Texas is just so rich with characters. Women who live alone in a little house on a thousand acres with nothing but cattle and a pickup truck. And an airplane.
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Jesse Plemons
American Actor
I grew up in a town outside of Waco, Texas, and we had 30 acres.
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Red Auerbach
American Coach
An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.
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Krysten Ritter
American Actress
I'm from a small town, a farm, a hundred acres.
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Penelope Spheeris
American Director
I live on this nice three acres in Hollywood.
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