2
: any of various units of area
specifically
: a unit in the U.S. and England equal to 43,560 square feet (4047 square meters) see Weights and Measures Table
3
: a broad expanse or great quantity
acres of free publicity
Examples of acre in a Sentence
The house sits on two acres of land.
They own hundreds of acres of farmland.
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Go birding at River Commons Arkansas Game and Fish Commission will host a morning of bird watching Wednesday at River Commons, a 100-acre tract administered by the Watershed Conservation Resource Center.
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In Colorado, the company has made access possible to 162 acres of state trust land and nearly a mile of the Arkansas River near Cotopaxi, southeast of Salida.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
State regulators ultimately denied Gershman and Citimark a permit to encroach on the portion of the development containing wetland, but warehouse construction is proceeding on the remaining parts of the 150-acre development.
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An aerial view of the property, which sits on over one-and-a-half acres in the exclusive Gateway neighborhood.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 14 Oct. 2025
In Colorado, the company has made access possible to 162 acres of state trust land and nearly a mile of the Arkansas River near Cotopaxi, southeast of Salida.
—Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
State regulators ultimately denied Gershman and Citimark a permit to encroach on the portion of the development containing wetland, but warehouse construction is proceeding on the remaining parts of the 150-acre development.
—IndyStar, 13 Oct. 2025
An aerial view of the property, which sits on over one-and-a-half acres in the exclusive Gateway neighborhood.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2025
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“Acre.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/acre. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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or Hebrew ʽAkko
or Old Testament Accho
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or New Testament Ptolemaïs
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city and port at the head of a bay on the Mediterranean Sea north of Mount Carmel in northwestern Israel population 37,400
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