English
Noun
Square (plural Squares)
- Any simple object with four nearly straight and nearly equal sides meeting at nearly right angles.
- An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles.
- There are so many uses for the square, in fact, that a new model will usually come complete with a booklet enumerating its applications. - The Carpenter's Square
- An open space in a town, not necessarily square in shape, often containing trees, seating and other features pleasing to the eye.
- NewsRadio
- You're not in Wisconsin, Dave. The big story isn't about a cow wandering into the town square.
- A cell in a grid.
- You may not move a piece to a square already occupied by one of your own pieces.
- (geometry) A polygon with four sides of equal length and four angles of 90 degrees; a regular quadrilateral whose angles are all 90 degrees.
- Kazimir Malevich
- I took refuge in the square form and exhibited a picture which consisted of nothing more than a black square on a white field.
- (mathematics) The second power of a number, value, term or expression.
- 64 is the square of 8.
- (slang) A socially conventional person; typically associated with the 1950s
- Why do you always wear a tie? Don't be such a square!
- (UK) The symbol # on a telephone; hash.
- Enter your account number followed by a square.
- (cricket) The central area of a cricket field, containing several pitches laid out next to one another - only one being used at a time.
- An ideal playing area is roughly circular in shape with a central area, the cricket square, measuring 27.44 metres by 27.44 metres and boundaries 45.75 metres from the sides of the square.
- (real estate jargon) A unit of measurement of area, equal to a 10 foot by 10 foot square, ie. 100 square feet or roughly 9.3 square metres. Used in real estate for the size of a house or its rooms, though progressively being replaced by square metres in metric countries such as Australia.
- 2006: Just as the basic unit of real estate measurement across the world is the square ... — Macquarie Bank (Australia), press release Macquarie releases Real Estate Market Outlook 2006 - "The World Squared", 21 June 2006 [1]
- 2007: The house is very large and open and boasts 39 squares of living space plus over 13 squares of decking area on 3 sides and 17 squares of garage and workshop downstairs. — Your Estate advertisement for Grindelwald Tasmania [2]
- (roofing) A unit used in measuring roof area equivalent to 100 square feet (9.29 m2) of roof area.
- (North America) A dessert cut into rectangular pieces, or a piece of such a dessert.
- (academia) A mortarboard
- (colloquial, US) A square meal.
- Even when times were tough, we got three squares a day.
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Terms derived from the noun "square"
Adjective
Square (comparative squarer, superlative squarest)
- Shaped like a square (the polygon).
- At right angles to.
- Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself.
- square metre
- square mile
- Honest; straightforward.
- It may be prison, but at least I'm getting three square meals a day.
- Fair.
- I'm just looking for a square deal on my car repair.
- Even; tied
- The sides were square at the end of the half.
- 2000 Islanders, Devils Make It Tough For Canadian Teams
- The teams were square while at even strength. have to play better than even if we want to win games." said Montreal goalie Jose Theodore
- 2003 Lowe Struggles Again In Sox Setback
- But the Jays were square again by the end of the inning, as Myers hit a 2-and-0 pitch into the left-center field seats
- 2003 Els's mates get better with time
- The sides were square to the 14th hole when Goosen took birdie,
- 2006 Jim McCabe As usual, Americans trailing after first day
- In each of the last three afternoon foursomes, the Americans were square through 15, but could only come in with two halves and a loss.
- (slang) Socially conventional; boring.
- (cricket) in line with the batsman's popping crease.
- Correctly aligned with respect to something else
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Terms derived from the adjective "square"
Verb
Square (third-person singular simple present Squares, present participle squaring, simple past and past participle squared)
- (transitive) To adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle to something else.
- The casting was mounted on a milling machine so that its sides could be squared.
- To resolve.
- John can square this question up for us.
- These results just don't square.
- To adjust or adapt so as to bring into harmony with something.
- I cannot square the results of the experiment with my hypothesis.
- (transitive, mathematics) Of a value, term, or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second power.
- (transitive) To draw, with a pair of compasses and a straightedge only, a square with the same area as.
- square the circle
Derived terms
terms derived from the verb "square"
Synonyms
- (to multiply by itself) ²
Thesaurus
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Etymology
From Old French esquarre ( > modern équerre), from Vulgar Latin *exquadra, from Latin quadra (“square”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: skwâr, IPA: /skwɛə(r)/, SAMPA: /skwE@(r)/
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- Rhymes: -ɛə(r)
Translations
Noun
slang: socially conventional person
central area of a cricket field
unit of one hundred square feet
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Adjective
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Verb
to adjust something so that aligns with or is a right angle to something else
to adjust or adapt so as to bring into harmony with something
math: to multiply by itself
geometry: to draw a square with same area as sthg else
See also
French
Noun
Square m. (plural Squares)
- small public garden in the middle of a square
- Le square de la tour Saint-Jacques.
Etymology
From English square
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