square

[US]/skweə(r)/
[UK]/skwer/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. having right angles; having four equal sides and four right angles; honest and straightforward

vt. make into a square shape; agree with

n. the product of a number multiplied by itself; a four-sided figure with equal sides and four right angles; a public open area in a city or town

Phrases & Collocations

square root

square shape

square footage

town square

square meal

Times Square

square off

square dance

public square

square oneself

least square

least square method

on the square

square metre

mean square

square meter

tiananmen square

fair and square

square feet

square error

square kilometer

all square

by the square

square wave

mean square error

square foot

square miles

Example Sentences

a square of cloth.

to square a game.

the square footage of the room.

a small square of chocolate.

a square block of flats.

a square equivalent to a triangle

I will square for the meal.

The square was aswarm with people.

Real-world Examples

Napoleon called the square the finest drawing room in Europe.

Source: Master of Reciting Short Stories

Give me 11 squares. - Okay. Easy enough.

Source: Modern Family - Season 10

The Okavango Delta stretches 15,000 square kilometres.

Source: BBC English Unlocked

Now how do you square these mixed messages?

Source: Financial Times

Berlin is also a city of great civic squares.

Source: Vacation Travel City Guide (Video Version)

Roos says to stay down, keep your toes square.

Source: Fitness Knowledge Popularization

'A pawn goes two squares in its first move.

Source: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Simplified Version)

Torture was once common in Europe's market squares.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 4

It covers an area of 87,000 square meters.

Source: A Brief Guide to Foreign Trade Conversations

They've been occupying the town square in Sunnyvale, California.

Source: CNN 10 Student English January 2022 Collection

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