Meaning

26 senses
  1. A polygon with four straight sides of equal length and four right angles; an equilateral rectangle; a regular quadrilateral.

    Quadrat

    квадра́тkvadrát

    квадра́тkvadrát

    (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon

  2. Something characterized by a square, or nearly square, form.

    A cell in a grid.

    You may not move a piece to a square already occupied by one of your own pieces.

    Feld, Schachfeld

    по́леpóle, кле́ткаklétka

  3. A square piece, part, or surface.

    a square of glass

    something approximating the shape of a square

  4. The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered.

  5. (Canada, US)A dessert cut into rectangular pieces, or a piece of such a dessert.

  6. A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers.

  7. An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles.

    уго́льникugólʹnik

    a hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles; used to construct or test right angles

  8. An open space or park, often in the center of a town, not necessarily square in shape, often containing trees, seating and other features pleasing to the eye.

  9. An open space or park, often in the center of a town, not necessarily square in shape, often containing trees, seating and other features pleasing to the eye.

    (often)A street surrounding a public square or plaza.

  10. The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; the second power of a number, value, term or expression.

    64 is the square of 8.

    Quadrat

    квадра́тkvadrát

  11. A pattern to be matched that consists of a subpattern repeated, such as "papa" or "wikiwiki".

    Squares cannot be easily matched by regular expressions.

    Scheibe

  12. A body of troops drawn up in a square formation.

    каре́karɛ́

Examples

456 sentences
  1. The square of 5 is 25.

    П'ять у квадраті — двадцять п'ять.

    ru5 в квадрате — 25.

    deDas Quadrat von 5 ist 25.

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  2. A square has four sides.

    Квадрат має чотири сторони.

    ruУ квадрата четыре стороны.

    deEin Quadrat hat vier Seiten.

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  3. I won fair and square.

    Я виграв чесно.

    ruЯ победила честно и справедливо.

    deIch habe klar und deutlich gewonnen.

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  4. The square of seven is forty-nine.

    Сім у квадраті — сорок дев'ять.

    ruСемь в квадрате — сорок девять.

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  5. Tom said he wanted to learn how to tie a square knot.

    Том сказав, що хоче знати, як зав'язати прямий вузол.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
open space in a town:
type of polygon:
Русский
By meaning 7
open space in a town:
type of polygon:
cell in a grid:
tool:
body of troops in a square formation:
slang: socially conventional person:
the # symbol on a telephone:
Deutsch
By meaning 6
open space in a town:
type of polygon:
cell in a grid:
pane of glass:
slang: socially conventional person:
the # symbol on a telephone:

Origin

From Middle English square, sqware, squyre; from Old French esquarre, esquerre, (modern Fr

From Middle English square, sqware, squyre; from Old French esquarre, esquerre, (modern French équerre), from Vulgar Latin *exquadra, from Latin ex- + quadro, from quadrus (compare English quad and quadra). Doublet of squad and squadra.

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Forms

plural: squares
Singularsquare
Pluralsquares

regular

Synonyms

24 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views:square toes
  • someone who doesn't understand what is going on:lame
  • the product of two equal terms:second power
  • (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon:foursquare
  • an open area at the meeting of two or more streets:public square

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

124 related words

Collocations

11 patterns
  • a square knot
  • tie a square
  • square knot
  • three square meals
  • square meals a
  • eat three square
  • square meals
  • back to square
  • to square one
  • three square
  • in the square

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
square — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto