: a unit of area equal to 10,000 square meters see Metric System Table
Examples of hectare in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Over the past two decades, Indonesia has lost 30.8 million hectares (about 76 million acres) of tree cover, an area roughly the size of Italy.
—
Lindsey McGinnis, Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2025
More than 29,200 hectares, or 72,000 acres, have burned so far this year, according to the Global Wildfire Information System, surpassing the previous record of 28,100 hectares in all of 2019.
—Nazaneen Ghaffar, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
The site, which is 40 miles north of Moscow and about 330 miles from the Ukrainian border, spans 502 hectares and serves as a critical storage facility for Russia's military.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
The company has also cut down two hectares of mangroves in a site sacred to the Yoreme-Mayo people to build its offices.
—Gwendolina Duval, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hectare
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Lindsey McGinnis, Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2025
More than 29,200 hectares, or 72,000 acres, have burned so far this year, according to the Global Wildfire Information System, surpassing the previous record of 28,100 hectares in all of 2019.
—Nazaneen Ghaffar, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
The site, which is 40 miles north of Moscow and about 330 miles from the Ukrainian border, spans 502 hectares and serves as a critical storage facility for Russia's military.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
The company has also cut down two hectares of mangroves in a site sacred to the Yoreme-Mayo people to build its offices.
—Gwendolina Duval, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hectare
Cite this Entry
“Hectare.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hectare. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
Copy CitationKids Definition
hectare
noun
hect·are
ˈhek-ˌta(ə)r 
-ˌte(ə)r
-ˌte(ə)r
-ˌtär
: a unit of area equal to 10,000 square meters see metric system
Love words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share