Standard Lemma guide

square

adj · adv · name · noun · verb · 83 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • skwâr
  • Received-Pronunciation: /skwɛə/
  • British, Southern, Standard: /skwɛː/
  • Scotland: /skweɹ/
  • skwûr Lancashire, fair–fur merger
  • /skwɜː(ɹ)/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
  • Canada, US: /skwɛɹ/
  • Canada, US: [skwɛ˞]
  • Canada, US: /skwɛəɹ/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • California: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /skweː/
  • Queensland Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • skwîr New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
  • /skwiə̯/ New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
  • New-Zealand: /skweə̯/ without the cheer–chair merger
  • CMU ARPABET: S K W EH1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Shaped like a square (the polygon).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rectangular, polygonal

2

adj

Meaning 2

Forming a right angle (90°).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a square corner

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: orthogonal, perpendicular, normal

Antonyms: crooked, out of square, oblique

3

adj

Meaning 3

Forming a right angle (90°).

Forming right angles in all planes as intended; not racked or leaning.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The foundation has to be level and the framing has to be square.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: orthogonal, perpendicular, normal

Antonyms: crooked, out of square, oblique, racked

4

adj

Meaning 4

Forming a right angle (90°).

Forming right angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to the horizon; said of the yards of a square-rigged vessel when they are so braced.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: nautical, transport

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: orthogonal, perpendicular, normal

Antonyms: crooked, out of square, oblique

5

adj

Meaning 5

Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • A floor that measures 4 feet square has an area of 16 square feet.
  • square mile

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adj

Meaning 6

Honest; straightforward; fair.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • I'm just looking for a square deal on my car repair.
  • square dealing

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: above board, on the level, on the square, on the up and up, straight

Antonyms: none provided

7

adj

Meaning 7

Satisfied; comfortable with; not experiencing any conflict.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

adj

Meaning 8

Even; tied

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • to make or leave the accounts square
  • The sides were square at the end of the half.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

adj

Meaning 9

Socially conventional; boring.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory, slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bourgeois

Antonyms: none provided

10

adj

Meaning 10

In line with the batsman's popping crease.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

adj

Meaning 11

Solid, decent, substantial.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • It may be prison, but at least I'm getting three square meals a day.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

adj

Meaning 12

Having a shape broad for the height, with angular rather than curving outlines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a man of a square frame

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

adj

Meaning 13

Of an internal combustion engine design, in which the diameter of the piston is similar, roughly, approximately, equal to its stroke distance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

adv

Meaning 14

Directly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

name

Meaning 15

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

noun

Meaning 16

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: rectangle, rhombus, kite, parallelogram, polygon, shape

17

noun

Meaning 17

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

A cell in a grid.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

18

noun

Meaning 18

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

A square piece, part, or surface.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a square of glass

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

19

noun

Meaning 19

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

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

20

noun

Meaning 20

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

A dessert cut into rectangular pieces, or a piece of such a dessert.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, US

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

21

noun

Meaning 21

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

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: media, printing, publishing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

22

noun

Meaning 22

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

23

noun

Meaning 23

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

A true measure, standard, or pattern.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

24

noun

Meaning 24

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: piazza, plaza

Antonyms: none provided

25

noun

Meaning 25

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.

A street surrounding a public square or plaza.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: often

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: piazza, plaza, place

Antonyms: none provided

26

noun

Meaning 26

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences

Examples

  • 64 is the square of 8.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: square root

27

noun

Meaning 27

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • Squares cannot be easily matched by regular expressions.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

28

noun

Meaning 28

A body of troops drawn up in a square formation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: military formation

Examples

  • 1818, quoted in Christopher Kelly, History of the French Revolution and of the Wars produced by that Memorable Event The French cavalry, in proof armour, repeatedly charged our squares, their cannon opening chasms; but the British infantry, though greatly diminished, were inflexible and impenetrable to the last.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

29

noun

Meaning 29

A socially conventional or conservative person; a person who has little or no interest in the latest fads or trends.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

Qualifier: 1950s slang

Examples

  • Why do you always wear a tie? Don't be such a square!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: basic bitch, bourgeois, L7, mainstreamer, mainstreamist, muggle, mundane, normal, normalfag, normaloid, normie, square, straight

Antonyms: none provided

30

noun

Meaning 30

The symbol # on a telephone; hash.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

Examples

  • Enter your account number followed by a square.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hash, sharp, pound sign

Antonyms: none provided

31

noun

Meaning 31

The central area of a cricket field, with one or more pitches of which only one is used at a time.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Examples

  • 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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

32

noun

Meaning 32

A unit of measurement of area, equal to a 10 foot by 10 foot square, i.e. 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, real-estate

Examples

  • 2006, Macquarie Bank (Australia), press release Macquarie releases Real Estate Market Outlook 2006 - "The World Squared", 21 June 2006 http://www.macquarie.com.au/au/about_macquarie/media_centre/20060621.htm Just as the basic unit of real estate measurement across the world is the square
  • 2007, Your Estate advertisement for Grindelwald Tasmania http://www.yourestate.com.au/property_12753.php 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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

33

noun

Meaning 33

A unit used in measuring roof area equivalent to 100 square feet (9.29 m2) of roof area. The materials for roofing jobs are often billed by the square in the United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business, construction, manufacturing, roofing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

34

noun

Meaning 34

A mortarboard.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: academia, scholarly, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

35

noun

Meaning 35

Ellipsis of square meal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis

Examples

  • Even when times were tough, we got three squares a day.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

36

noun

Meaning 36

Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

Examples

  • 1594-1597, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie They of Galatia [were] much more out of square.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

37

noun

Meaning 37

The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

38

noun

Meaning 38

The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

39

noun

Meaning 39

The act of squaring, or quarrelling; a quarrel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

40

noun

Meaning 40

Cigarette.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

41

noun

Meaning 41

A vat used for fermentation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: beverages, brewing, business, food, lifestyle, manufacturing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

42

noun

Meaning 42

A well-defined torso.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Multicultural-London-English, slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

43

verb

Meaning 43

To adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle to something else; in particular

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • The casting was mounted on a milling machine so that its sides could be squared.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

44

verb

Meaning 44

To adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle to something else; in particular:

To place at a right angle to the mast or keel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: nautical, transport

Examples

  • to square the yards

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

45

verb

Meaning 45

To adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle to something else; in particular:

To rotate the oars so that they are perpendicular to the water.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, rowing, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

46

verb

Meaning 46

To resolve or reconcile; to suit or fit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ambitransitive

Examples

  • John can square this question up for us.
  • These results just don't square with what we expected.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

47

verb

Meaning 47

To adjust or adapt so as to bring into harmony with something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • I cannot square the results of the experiment with my hypothesis.
  • to square our actions by the opinions of others

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

48

verb

Meaning 48

Of a value, term, or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second power.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

49

verb

Meaning 49

To draw, with a pair of compasses and a straightedge only, a square with the same area as.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

Examples

  • square the circle

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

50

verb

Meaning 50

To tile (completely fill) with squares.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

51

verb

Meaning 51

To settle; to put right.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

52

verb

Meaning 52

To make a short low pass sideways across the pitch

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

53

verb

Meaning 53

To take opposing sides; to quarrel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

54

verb

Meaning 54

To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to suit; to fit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

55

verb

Meaning 55

To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

56

verb

Meaning 56

To take a boxing attitude; often with up or off.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

57

verb

Meaning 57

To form with four sides and four right angles.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

58

verb

Meaning 58

To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • to square mason's work

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

59

verb

Meaning 59

To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

60

verb

Meaning 60

To hold a quartile position respecting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

61

adjective

Meaning 61

having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a square peg in a round hole
  • a square corner

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: round

62

adjective

Meaning 62

characterized by honesty and fairness

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • straight dealing
  • a square deal

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: straight

Antonyms: none provided

63

adjective satellite

Meaning 63

rigidly conventional or old-fashioned

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: straight

Antonyms: none provided

64

adjective satellite

Meaning 64

providing abundant nourishment

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a hearty meal
  • good solid food
  • ate a substantial breakfast
  • four square meals a day

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hearty, satisfying, solid, substantial

Antonyms: none provided

65

adverb

Meaning 65

firmly and solidly

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • hit the ball squarely
  • the bat met the ball squarely
  • planted his great bulk square before his enemy

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: squarely

Antonyms: none provided

66

adverb

Meaning 66

in a square shape

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a squarely cut piece of paper
  • folded the sheet of paper square

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: squarely

Antonyms: none provided

67

adverb

Meaning 67

in a straight direct way

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • looked him squarely in the eye
  • ran square into me

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: squarely

Antonyms: none provided

68

noun

Meaning 68

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the carpenter who built this room must have lost his square

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hand tool

Narrower terms: carpenter's square, try square, T-square

69

noun

Meaning 69

any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a checkerboard has 64 squares

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: artifact, artefact

70

noun

Meaning 70

an open area at the meeting of two or more streets

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: public square

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel

Narrower terms: plaza, place, piazza, Trafalgar Square

71

noun

Meaning 71

a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: square toes

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: conservative, conservativist

72

noun

Meaning 72

someone who doesn't understand what is going on

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lame

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: simpleton, simple

73

noun

Meaning 73

the product of two equal terms

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • nine is the second power of three
  • gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: second power

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: number

74

noun

Meaning 74

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • you can compute the area of a square if you know the length of its sides

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: foursquare

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: regular polygon, rectangle

Narrower terms: quadrate

75

noun

Meaning 75

something approximating the shape of a square

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shape, form

76

verb

Meaning 76

make square

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Square the circle
  • square the wood with a file

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: square up

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: shape, form

77

verb

Meaning 77

raise to the second power

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: multiply

78

verb

Meaning 78

turn the oar, while rowing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: feather

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: row

79

verb

Meaning 79

turn the paddle; in canoeing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: feather

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: paddle

80

verb

Meaning 80

position so as to be square

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He squared his shoulders

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: position

Narrower terms: square up, jog, even up

81

verb

Meaning 81

pay someone and settle a debt

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I squared with him

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: settle

82

verb

Meaning 82

be compatible with

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • one idea squares with another

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree

83

verb

Meaning 83

cause to match, as of ideas or acts

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: adjust, conform, adapt

History

Etymology

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. Displaced Old English fēowerecge (fēower nominative + ecg accusative, as in "four-edged").

Across languages

Translations

717 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُرَبَّع (murabbaʕ) — shaped like a square
  • Arabic: مربع (murabbaʕ) — shaped like a square
  • Asturian: cuadráu — shaped like a square
  • Bulgarian: квадра́тен (kvadráten) — shaped like a square
  • Catalan: quadrat — shaped like a square
  • Czech: čtvercový — shaped like a square
  • Danish: kvadratisk — shaped like a square
  • Dutch: vierkant — shaped like a square
  • Dutch: vierkantig — shaped like a square
  • Esperanto: kvadrata — shaped like a square
  • Farefare: wẽkɔ — shaped like a square
  • Finnish: neliömäinen — shaped like a square
  • Finnish: neliskulmainen — shaped like a square
  • French: carré — shaped like a square
  • Galician: cadrado — shaped like a square
  • German: quadratisch — shaped like a square
  • Greek: τετράγωνος (tetrágonos) — shaped like a square
  • Ancient Greek: τετράγωνος (tetrágōnos) — shaped like a square
  • Ancient Greek: τετραγωνικός (tetragōnikós) — shaped like a square
  • Ancient Greek: τετραγλώχις (tetraglṓkhis) — shaped like a square
  • Hungarian: négyszögletes — shaped like a square
  • Icelandic: ferningslaga — shaped like a square
  • Indonesian: kotak — shaped like a square
  • Indonesian: segiempat — shaped like a square
  • Irish: cearnógach — shaped like a square
  • Italian: quadrato — shaped like a square
  • Japanese: 四角い (shikakui) — shaped like a square
  • Kannada: ಚೌಕ (cauka) — shaped like a square
  • Latin: quadrātus — shaped like a square
  • Latin: quadrus — shaped like a square
  • Malay: segi empat sama — shaped like a square
  • Mauritian Creole: kare — shaped like a square
  • Norman: cârré — shaped like a square
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kvadratisk — shaped like a square
  • Norwegian Bokmål: firkantet — shaped like a square
  • Norwegian Bokmål: firkanta — shaped like a square
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvadratisk — shaped like a square
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: firkanta — shaped like a square
  • Old English: fēowerecge — shaped like a square
  • Old English: fēowerecgede — shaped like a square
  • Old English: fēowersċīte — shaped like a square
  • Old English: fiþerscȳte — shaped like a square
  • Polish: kwadratowy — shaped like a square
  • Portuguese: quadrado — shaped like a square
  • Romanian: pătrat — shaped like a square
  • Russian: квадра́тный (kvadrátnyj) — shaped like a square
  • Scottish Gaelic: ceàrnagach — shaped like a square
  • Spanish: cuadrado — shaped like a square
  • Swedish: kvadratisk — shaped like a square
  • Swedish: fyrkantig — shaped like a square
  • Telugu: చతురస్ర (caturasra) — shaped like a square
  • Unami: ahshae — shaped like a square
  • Walloon: cwåré — shaped like a square
  • Walloon: cwårêye — shaped like a square
  • Bulgarian: правоъгълен (pravoǎgǎlen) — forming a right angle
  • Czech: kolmý — forming a right angle
  • Danish: vinkelret på — forming a right angle
  • Dutch: met rechte hoek — forming a right angle
  • Finnish: kohtisuora — forming a right angle
  • Finnish: suorakulmaisesti — forming a right angle
  • French: perpendiculaire à — forming a right angle
  • German: rechtwinklig — forming a right angle
  • Greek: ορθογώνιος (orthogónios) — forming a right angle
  • Ancient Greek: τετράμετρος (tetrámetros) — forming a right angle
  • Ancient Greek: εὐγώνιος (eugṓnios) — forming a right angle
  • Ancient Greek: ἐγγώνιος (engṓnios) — forming a right angle
  • Ancient Greek: ἐπικάρσιος (epikársios) — forming a right angle
  • Ancient Greek: ὀρθός (orthós) — forming a right angle
  • Hungarian: derékszögű — forming a right angle
  • Hungarian: merőleges — forming a right angle
  • Icelandic: hornréttur — forming a right angle
  • Italian: perpendicolare a — forming a right angle
  • Malay: persegi — forming a right angle
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vinkelrett på — forming a right angle
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vinkelrett på — forming a right angle
  • Portuguese: perpendicular — forming a right angle
  • Russian: прямоуго́льный (prjamougólʹnyj) — forming a right angle
  • Spanish: perpendicular — forming a right angle
  • Swedish: vinkelrät mot — forming a right angle
  • Vietnamese: vuông — forming a right angle
  • Bulgarian: точен квадрат (točen kvadrat) — formed by multiplying two equal numbers
  • Finnish: neliö- — formed by multiplying two equal numbers
  • Ancient Greek: ἰδιομήκης (idiomḗkēs) — formed by multiplying two equal numbers
  • Ancient Greek: ἰσόπλευρος (isópleuros) — formed by multiplying two equal numbers
  • Ancient Greek: ἰσάκις ἴσος (isákis ísos) — formed by multiplying two equal numbers
  • Ancient Greek: τετράγωνος (tetrágōnos) — formed by multiplying two equal numbers
  • Ancient Greek: ποσάκις πόσος (posákis pósos) — formed by multiplying two equal numbers
  • Ancient Greek: ὅμοιος (hómoios) — formed by multiplying two equal numbers
  • Ancient Greek: αὐτομήκης (automḗkēs) — formed by multiplying two equal numbers
  • Russian: квадра́тный (kvadrátnyj) — formed by multiplying two equal numbers
  • Arabic: مُرَبَّع (murabbaʕ) — used in the names of units
  • Asturian: cuadráu — used in the names of units
  • Bulgarian: квадра́тен (kvadráten) — used in the names of units
  • Catalan: quadrat — used in the names of units
  • Chinese Mandarin: 平方 (píngfāng) — used in the names of units
  • Czech: čtvereční — used in the names of units
  • Dutch: vierkant — used in the names of units
  • Finnish: neliö- — used in the names of units
  • French: carré — used in the names of units
  • Galician: cadrado — used in the names of units
  • Georgian: კვადრატული (ḳvadraṭuli) — used in the names of units
  • Greek: τετραγωνικός (tetragonikós) — used in the names of units
  • Hungarian: négyzet — used in the names of units
  • Icelandic: fer- — used in the names of units
  • Italian: quadrato — used in the names of units
  • Japanese: 平方 (heihō) — used in the names of units
  • Malay: persegi — used in the names of units
  • Māori: pūrua — used in the names of units
  • Norman: cârré — used in the names of units
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kvadrat- — used in the names of units
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvadrat- — used in the names of units
  • Occitan: cairat — used in the names of units
  • Portuguese: quadrado — used in the names of units
  • Russian: квадра́тный (kvadrátnyj) — used in the names of units
  • Scottish Gaelic: ceàrnagach — used in the names of units
  • Spanish: cuadrado — used in the names of units
  • Swedish: kvadrat- — used in the names of units
  • Telugu: చదరపు (cadarapu) — used in the names of units
  • Vietnamese: vuông — used in the names of units
  • Bulgarian: прям (prjam) — honest, straightforward
  • Bulgarian: честен (česten) — honest, straightforward
  • Czech: čestný — honest, straightforward
  • Czech: férový — honest, straightforward
  • Czech: poctivý — honest, straightforward
  • Finnish: suora — honest, straightforward
  • Russian: че́стный (čéstnyj) — honest, straightforward
  • Russian: прямолине́йный (prjamolinéjnyj) — honest, straightforward
  • Bulgarian: правиле (pravile) — even, tied
  • Bulgarian: наравно (naravno) — even, tied
  • Finnish: tasoissa — even, tied
  • Finnish: tasan — even, tied
  • Czech: nudný — socially conventional
  • Finnish: konventionaalinen — socially conventional
  • Finnish: tiukkapipoinen — socially conventional
  • German: spießig — socially conventional
  • Hungarian: kockafejű — socially conventional
  • Malay: skema — socially conventional
  • Norwegian Bokmål: firkantet — socially conventional
  • Norwegian Bokmål: firkanta — socially conventional
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: firkanta — socially conventional
  • Portuguese: quadrado — socially conventional
  • Spanish: anticuado — socially conventional
  • Spanish: cuadrado — socially conventional
  • Spanish: cuadriculado — socially conventional
  • Spanish: zanahorio — socially conventional
  • Spanish: aguacatado — socially conventional
  • Spanish: momio — socially conventional
  • Swedish: fyrkantig — socially conventional
  • Bulgarian: подравнен (podravnen) — correctly aligned
  • Finnish: oikeansuuntainen — correctly aligned
  • Czech: výživný — hearty, vigorous
  • Czech: vydatný — hearty, vigorous
  • Finnish: kunnollinen — hearty, vigorous
  • Bulgarian: квадра́тен (kvadráten) — having shape broad for the height, with angular outlines
  • Finnish: neliömäinen — having shape broad for the height, with angular outlines
  • Afrikaans: vierkant — type of polygon
  • Albanian: katror — type of polygon
  • Southern Altai: квадрат (kvadrat) — type of polygon
  • Southern Altai: тӧрттолык (törttolïk) — type of polygon
  • Arabic: مُرَبَّع (murabbaʕ) — type of polygon
  • Arabic: مربع (murabbaʕ) — type of polygon
  • Arabic: مربع (murabbaʕ) — type of polygon
  • Armenian: քառակուսի (kʻaṙakusi) — type of polygon
  • Asturian: cuadru — type of polygon
  • Asturian: cuadráu — type of polygon
  • Azerbaijani: kvadrat — type of polygon
  • Basque: karratu — type of polygon
  • Belarusian: квадра́т (kvadrát) — type of polygon
  • Bengali: বর্গ (borgo) — type of polygon
  • Bulgarian: квадра́т (kvadrát) — type of polygon
  • Burmese: စတုရန်း (ca.tu.ran:) — type of polygon
  • Carpathian Rusyn: квадра́т (kvadrát) — type of polygon
  • Catalan: quadrat — type of polygon
  • Chinese Mandarin: 正方形 (zhèngfāngxíng) — type of polygon
  • Cornish: pedrek — type of polygon
  • Czech: čtverec — type of polygon
  • Danish: kvadrat — type of polygon
  • Dutch: vierkant — type of polygon
  • Edo: àdẹ́lẹ̏ — type of polygon
  • Esperanto: kvadrato — type of polygon
  • Estonian: ruut — type of polygon
  • Finnish: neliö — type of polygon
  • Franco-Provençal: quarrá — type of polygon
  • French: carré — type of polygon
  • Fula: sukoya — type of polygon
  • Galician: cadro — type of polygon
  • Galician: cadrado — type of polygon
  • Georgian: კვადრატი (ḳvadraṭi) — type of polygon
  • German: Quadrat — type of polygon
  • Greek: τετράγωνο (tetrágono) — type of polygon
  • Ancient Greek: τετράγωνον (tetrágōnon) — type of polygon
  • Gujarati: ચોરસ (coras) — type of polygon
  • Haitian Creole: kare — type of polygon
  • Hausa: mùr̃abbàʼī — type of polygon
  • Hawaiian: huinahā kaulike — type of polygon
  • Hebrew: רִבּוּעַ (ribúa') — type of polygon
  • Hindi: वर्गाकार (vargākār) — type of polygon
  • Hindi: चौकोर (caukor) — type of polygon
  • Hungarian: négyzet — type of polygon
  • Icelandic: ferningur — type of polygon
  • Ido: quadrato — type of polygon
  • Igbo: nkom̀gbàànọǹhà — type of polygon
  • Igbo: skwịà — type of polygon
  • Indonesian: persegi — type of polygon
  • Ingrian: kvadratti — type of polygon
  • Irish: cearnóg — type of polygon
  • Italian: quadrato — type of polygon
  • Izon: fánụ́ — type of polygon
  • Japanese: 正方形 (seihōkei) — type of polygon
  • Japanese: 平方形 (heihōkei) — type of polygon
  • Kannada: ಚೌಕ (cauka) — type of polygon
  • Kannada: ಚದರ (cadara) — type of polygon
  • Kanuri: sǝkoya — type of polygon
  • Kazakh: квадрат (kvadrat) — type of polygon
  • Kazakh: шаршы (şarşy) — type of polygon
  • Khmer: ចត្វ័ង្ស (cattvang) — type of polygon
  • Khmer: ការ៉េ (kaaree) — type of polygon
  • Korean: 정사각형 (jeongsagakhyeong) — type of polygon
  • Kumyk: квадрат (kwadrat) — type of polygon
  • Kumyk: дёртгюл (dörtgül) — type of polygon
  • Kyrgyz: квадрат (kvadrat) — type of polygon
  • Kyrgyz: чарчы (carcı) — type of polygon
  • Lao: ຈະຕຸຣັດ (cha tu rat) — type of polygon
  • Lao: ຈັດຕຸລັດ (chat tu lat) — type of polygon
  • Latin: quadrum — type of polygon
  • Latin: quadrātum — type of polygon
  • Latvian: kvadrāts — type of polygon
  • Lithuanian: kvadratas — type of polygon
  • Macedonian: ква́драт (kvádrat) — type of polygon
  • Malay: segi empat sama — type of polygon
  • Malayalam: സമചതുരം (samacaturaṁ) — type of polygon
  • Maltese: kwadru — type of polygon
  • Manx: kerrin — type of polygon
  • Māori: tapawhā rite — type of polygon
  • Marathi: चौरस (ċauras) — type of polygon
  • Marathi: चौकोन (caukon) — type of polygon
  • Mauritian Creole: kare — type of polygon
  • Mongolian: дөрвөлжин (dörvölžin) — type of polygon
  • Mongolian: квадрат (kvadrat) — type of polygon
  • Mongolian: тэгш дөрвөлжин (tegš dörvölžin) — type of polygon
  • Navajo: dikʼą́ — type of polygon
  • Nepali: वर्ग (varga) — type of polygon
  • Norman: cârré — type of polygon
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kvadrat — type of polygon
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvadrat — type of polygon
  • Occitan: carrat — type of polygon
  • Pashto: مربع (moraba') — type of polygon
  • Dari: مُرَبَّع (murabba') — type of polygon
  • Iranian Persian: مُرَبَّع (morabba') — type of polygon
  • Polish: kwadrat — type of polygon
  • Portuguese: quadrado — type of polygon
  • Quechua: t'asra — type of polygon
  • Romanian: pătrat — type of polygon
  • Romanian: cvadrat — type of polygon
  • Russian: квадра́т (kvadrát) — type of polygon
  • Scottish Gaelic: ceàrnan — type of polygon
  • Scottish Gaelic: ceàrnag — type of polygon
  • Serbo-Croatian: ква̀дра̄т — type of polygon
  • Serbo-Croatian: kvàdrāt — type of polygon
  • Silesian: kwadrat — type of polygon
  • Slovak: štvorec — type of polygon
  • Slovene: kvadrat — type of polygon
  • Lower Sorbian: kwadrat — type of polygon
  • Upper Sorbian: kwadrat — type of polygon
  • Spanish: cuadro — type of polygon
  • Spanish: cuadrado — type of polygon
  • Swedish: kvadrat — type of polygon
  • Swedish: fyrkant — type of polygon
  • Tagalog: kuwadrado — type of polygon
  • Tagalog: parisukat — type of polygon
  • Tajik: мураббаъ (murabba') — type of polygon
  • Tamil: கட்டம் (kaṭṭam) — type of polygon
  • Tamil: சதுரம் (caturam) — type of polygon
  • Tatar: квадрат (kwadrat) — type of polygon
  • Telugu: చతురస్రం (caturasraṁ) — type of polygon
  • Thai: สี่เหลี่ยมจัตุรัส (sìi-lìiam-jàt-dtù-ràt) — type of polygon
  • Thai: จัตุรัส (jàt-dtù-ràt) — type of polygon
  • Tibetan: གྲུ་བཞི (gru bzhi) — type of polygon
  • Turkish: kare — type of polygon
  • Turkish: dörtgen — type of polygon
  • Turkish: murabba — type of polygon
  • Ottoman Turkish: مربع (murabba) — type of polygon
  • Turkmen: kwadrat — type of polygon
  • Ukrainian: квадра́т (kvadrát) — type of polygon
  • Urdu: مُرَبَّع (murabba') — type of polygon
  • Uyghur: كۋادرات (kwadrat) — type of polygon
  • Uzbek: kvadrat — type of polygon
  • Vietnamese: vuông — type of polygon
  • Vietnamese: hình vuông — type of polygon
  • Walloon: cwåré — type of polygon
  • Welsh: sgwâr — type of polygon
  • Welsh: pedrongl — type of polygon
  • Welsh: petryal — type of polygon
  • Xhosa: isikwere — type of polygon
  • Yiddish: קוואַדראַט (kvadrat) — type of polygon
  • Yoruba: súkúà — type of polygon
  • Zazaki: çarkusi — type of polygon
  • Zulu: isikwele — type of polygon
  • Arabic: كُوس (kūs) — tool
  • Bulgarian: ъ́гълник (ǎ́gǎlnik) — tool
  • Bulgarian: ви́нкел (vínkel) — tool
  • Bulgarian: линеа́л (lineál) — tool
  • Catalan: escaire — tool
  • Czech: úhelník — tool
  • Dutch: winkelhaak — tool
  • Finnish: suorakulma — tool
  • Franco-Provençal: êquarra — tool
  • French: équerre — tool
  • Greek: γνώμονας (gnómonas) — tool
  • Ancient Greek: προσαγωγεῖον (prosagōgeîon) — tool
  • Ancient Greek: ἀλφάδιον (alphádion) — tool
  • Ancient Greek: γνώμων (gnṓmōn) — tool
  • Ancient Greek: γωνία (gōnía) — tool
  • Hungarian: derékszög — tool
  • Hungarian: derékszögmérő — tool
  • Hungarian: szögvonalzó — tool
  • Icelandic: réttskeið — tool
  • Italian: squadra — tool
  • Japanese: 曲尺 (kanejaku) — tool
  • Korean: 곡척 (gokcheok) — tool
  • Latin: norma — tool
  • Lithuanian: kampainis — tool
  • Malay: sesiku — tool
  • Māori: koea — tool
  • Norman: êtchèrre — tool
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vinkelhake — tool
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vinkelhake — tool
  • Old English: rihtebred — tool
  • Polish: węgielnica — tool
  • Polish: kątownik — tool
  • Polish: ekier — tool
  • Portuguese: esquadro — tool
  • Romanian: echer — tool
  • Russian: уго́льник (ugólʹnik) — tool
  • Scottish Gaelic: ceàrn-righailt — tool
  • Scottish Gaelic: cromadh-dìreach — tool
  • Serbo-Croatian: пра̏в у̏гао — tool
  • Serbo-Croatian: вѝнкл — tool
  • Serbo-Croatian: винкла — tool
  • Serbo-Croatian: prȁv ȕgao — tool
  • Serbo-Croatian: vìnkl — tool
  • Serbo-Croatian: vinkla — tool
  • Spanish: escuadra — tool
  • Spanish: cartabón (45o) — tool
  • Sundanese: pasékon — tool
  • Swedish: vinkelhake — tool
  • Turkish: gönye — tool
  • Abkhaz: ашҭа (aŝta) — open space in a town
  • Afrikaans: plein — open space in a town
  • Albanian: shesh — open space in a town
  • Amharic: አደባባይ (ʾädäbabay) — open space in a town
  • Arabic: مَيْدَان (maydān) — open space in a town
  • Armenian: հրապարակ (hraparak) — open space in a town
  • Azerbaijani: meydan — open space in a town
  • Bashkir: майҙан (mayźan) — open space in a town
  • Belarusian: пло́шча (plóšča) — open space in a town
  • Belarusian: майда́н (majdán) — open space in a town
  • Belarusian: пляц (pljac) — open space in a town
  • Bulgarian: площа́д (ploštád) — open space in a town
  • Bulgarian: пло́щад (plóštad) — open space in a town
  • Burmese: ရင်ပြင် (rangprang) — open space in a town
  • Catalan: plaça — open space in a town
  • Chinese Cantonese: 廣場 /广场 (gwong2 coeng4) — open space in a town
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 廣場 /广场 (guōng-diòng) — open space in a town
  • Hakka Chinese: 廣場 /广场 (kóng-chhòng) — open space in a town
  • Chinese: 廣場 /广场 (kóng-tiûn / kóng-tiôn) — open space in a town
  • Chinese Mandarin: 廣場 /广场 (guǎngchǎng) — open space in a town
  • Wu Chinese: 廣場 /广场 (5kuaon-zan) — open space in a town
  • Coptic: ⲕⲓⲙⲉⲛⲁⲥⲓⲟⲛ (kimenasion) — open space in a town
  • Crimean Tatar: meydan — open space in a town
  • Czech: náměstí — open space in a town
  • Danish: torv — open space in a town
  • Dutch: plein — open space in a town
  • Dutch: markt — open space in a town
  • Dutch: plaats — open space in a town
  • Esperanto: placo — open space in a town
  • Estonian: väljak — open space in a town
  • Estonian: plats — open space in a town
  • Faroese: torg — open space in a town
  • Finnish: aukio — open space in a town
  • Finnish: tori — open space in a town
  • French: place — open space in a town
  • French: square — open space in a town
  • Gagauz: meydan — open space in a town
  • Galician: praza — open space in a town
  • Galician: rueiro — open space in a town
  • Galician: quinteiro — open space in a town
  • Georgian: მოედანი (moedani) — open space in a town
  • German: Platz — open space in a town
  • Greek: πλατεία (plateía) — open space in a town
  • Ancient Greek: πλατεῖα (plateîa) — open space in a town
  • Ancient Greek: τετράδειον (tetrádeion) — open space in a town
  • Hebrew: כיכר — open space in a town
  • Hebrew: כִּכָּר (kikár) — open space in a town
  • Hebrew: רְחָבָה (r'ẖavá) — open space in a town
  • Hindi: चौक (cauk) — open space in a town
  • Hungarian: tér — open space in a town
  • Icelandic: torg — open space in a town
  • Indonesian: lapangan — open space in a town
  • Irish: cearnóg an bhaile — open space in a town
  • Istriot: piassa — open space in a town
  • Italian: piazza — open space in a town
  • Italian: sagrato — open space in a town
  • Japanese: 広場 (hiroba) — open space in a town
  • Kazakh: алаң (alañ) — open space in a town
  • Khmer: វាល (viəl) — open space in a town
  • Korean: 광장 (gwangjang) — open space in a town
  • Kyrgyz: аянт (ayant) — open space in a town
  • Kyrgyz: майдан (maydan) — open space in a town
  • Lao: ຈັດຕຸລັດ (chat tu lat) — open space in a town
  • Lao: ລານ (lān) — open space in a town
  • Latin: forum — open space in a town
  • Latvian: skvērs — open space in a town
  • Latvian: laukums — open space in a town
  • Lithuanian: aikštė — open space in a town
  • Macedonian: пло́штад (plóštad) — open space in a town
  • Malay: dataran — open space in a town
  • Malayalam: കവല (kavala) — open space in a town
  • Malayalam: ചത്വരം (catvaraṁ) — open space in a town
  • Manx: kerrin — open space in a town
  • Manx: faaie — open space in a town
  • Māori: tahua — open space in a town
  • Māori: marae — open space in a town
  • Marathi: चौक (ċauk) — open space in a town
  • Mongolian: талбай (talbaj) — open space in a town
  • Neapolitan: chiazza — open space in a town
  • Nepali: चोक (cok) — open space in a town
  • Norwegian Bokmål: torg — open space in a town
  • Norwegian Bokmål: plass — open space in a town
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: torg — open space in a town
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: plass — open space in a town
  • Occitan: plaça — open space in a town
  • Old English: cēapstōw — open space in a town
  • Old English: tēge — open space in a town
  • Pashto: ميدان (maydān) — open space in a town
  • Dari: مَیْدَان (maydān) — open space in a town
  • Iranian Persian: مِیْدان (meydân) — open space in a town
  • Polish: skwer — open space in a town
  • Polish: plac — open space in a town
  • Polish: majdan — open space in a town
  • Portuguese: praça — open space in a town
  • Quechua: kancha — open space in a town
  • Romanian: piață — open space in a town
  • Russian: пло́щадь (plóščadʹ) — open space in a town
  • Russian: сквер (skver) — open space in a town
  • Russian: плац (plac) — open space in a town
  • Scottish Gaelic: ceàrnag — open space in a town
  • Serbo-Croatian: тр̏г — open space in a town
  • Serbo-Croatian: tȑg — open space in a town
  • Slovak: námestie — open space in a town
  • Slovene: trg — open space in a town
  • Southern Altai: сквер (skver) — open space in a town
  • Spanish: plaza — open space in a town
  • Sranan Tongo: pren — open space in a town
  • Swedish: torg — open space in a town
  • Tajik: майдон (maydon) — open space in a town
  • Tatar: мәйдан (mäydan) — open space in a town
  • Thai: สแควร์ (sà-kwɛɛ) — open space in a town
  • Thai: จัตุรัส (jàt-dtù-ràt) — open space in a town
  • Thai: ลาน (laan) — open space in a town
  • Thai: พลาซ่า (plaa-sâa) — open space in a town
  • Turkish: meydan — open space in a town
  • Ottoman Turkish: میدان (meydan) — open space in a town
  • Turkmen: meýdan — open space in a town
  • Ukrainian: пло́ща (plóšča) — open space in a town
  • Ukrainian: майда́н (majdán) — open space in a town
  • Ukrainian: плац (plac) — open space in a town
  • Urdu: مَیدان (maidān) — open space in a town
  • Urdu: چَوک (cauk) — open space in a town
  • Uyghur: مەيدان (meydan) — open space in a town
  • Uzbek: maydon — open space in a town
  • Vietnamese: quảng trường — open space in a town
  • Welsh: sgwâr — open space in a town
  • Zazaki: meydan — open space in a town
  • Zhuang: gvangjcangz — open space in a town
  • Bulgarian: квадра́тче (kvadrátče) — cell in a grid
  • Catalan: casella — cell in a grid
  • Czech: buňka — cell in a grid
  • Czech: čtverec — cell in a grid
  • Czech: pole — cell in a grid
  • Dutch: veld — cell in a grid
  • Finnish: ruutu — cell in a grid
  • French: case — cell in a grid
  • German: Feld — cell in a grid
  • German: Schachfeld — cell in a grid
  • Greek: τετράγωνο (tetrágono) — cell in a grid
  • Hungarian: mező — cell in a grid
  • Hungarian: négyzet — cell in a grid
  • Hungarian: cella — cell in a grid
  • Italian: casella — cell in a grid
  • Japanese: マス (masu) — cell in a grid
  • Portuguese: casa — cell in a grid
  • Romanian: pătrat — cell in a grid
  • Russian: по́ле (póle) — cell in a grid
  • Russian: кле́тка (klétka) — cell in a grid
  • Spanish: casilla — cell in a grid
  • Swedish: fyrkant — cell in a grid
  • Swedish: ruta — cell in a grid
  • Thai: ตาราง (dtaa-raang) — cell in a grid
  • Turkish: alan — cell in a grid
  • Turkish: hane — cell in a grid
  • Volapük: feled — cell in a grid
  • Volapük: cögafeled — cell in a grid
  • Bulgarian: квадра́т (kvadrát) — second power
  • Catalan: quadrat — second power
  • Chinese Mandarin: 平方 (píngfāng) — second power
  • Czech: druhá mocnina — second power
  • Czech: kvadrát — second power
  • Dutch: kwadraat — second power
  • Dutch: tweede macht — second power
  • Finnish: neliö — second power
  • Finnish: toinen potenssi — second power
  • French: carré — second power
  • German: Quadrat — second power
  • Greek: τετράγωνο (tetrágono) — second power
  • Hungarian: négyzet — second power
  • Icelandic: ferningstala — second power
  • Irish: uimhir chearnach — second power
  • Italian: quadrato — second power
  • Japanese: 平方 (heihō) — second power
  • Japanese: 二乗 (nijō) — second power
  • Japanese: 自乗 (jijō) — second power
  • Korean: 제곱 (jegop) — second power
  • Korean: 평방 (pyeongbang) — second power
  • Korean: 이승 (iseung) — second power
  • Korean: 자승 (jaseung) — second power
  • Lithuanian: kvadratas — second power
  • Macedonian: ква́драт (kvádrat) — second power
  • Malay: kuasa dua — second power
  • Malayalam: വർഗ്ഗം (vaṟggaṁ) — second power
  • Marathi: वर्ग (varga) — second power
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kvadrat — second power
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvadrat — second power
  • Polish: kwadrat — second power
  • Portuguese: quadrado — second power
  • Romanian: pătrat — second power
  • Russian: квадра́т (kvadrát) — second power
  • Serbo-Croatian: ква̀дра̄т — second power
  • Serbo-Croatian: дру̏гӣ сте̏пе̄н — second power
  • Serbo-Croatian: kvàdrāt m drȕgī stȅpēn — second power
  • Slovene: kvadrat — second power
  • Spanish: cuadrado — second power
  • Swahili: kipeo cha pili — second power
  • Swedish: kvadrat — second power
  • Telugu: వర్గం (vargaṁ) — second power
  • Turkish: kare — second power
  • Vietnamese: bình phương — second power
  • Zazaki: kare (diq) — second power
  • Bulgarian: каре́ (karé) — body of troops in a square formation
  • Catalan: quadre — body of troops in a square formation
  • Finnish: neliö — body of troops in a square formation
  • Ancient Greek: πλινθίον (plinthíon) — body of troops in a square formation
  • Italian: squadra — body of troops in a square formation
  • Russian: каре́ (karɛ́) — body of troops in a square formation
  • Turkish: kale — body of troops in a square formation
  • Ottoman Turkish: قلعه (kalʼe) — body of troops in a square formation
  • Catalan: carca — slang: socially conventional person
  • Finnish: jäykkis — slang: socially conventional person
  • French: lambda — slang: socially conventional person
  • German: Normalo — slang: socially conventional person
  • German: Spießer — slang: socially conventional person
  • German: Stino — slang: socially conventional person
  • Hungarian: nyárspolgár — slang: socially conventional person
  • Hungarian: begyöpösödött/begyepesedett alak — slang: socially conventional person
  • Italian: quadrato — slang: socially conventional person
  • Italian: convenzionale — slang: socially conventional person
  • Italian: equilibrato — slang: socially conventional person
  • Malay: seorang yang sosialnya konvensional — slang: socially conventional person
  • Malay: orang skema — slang: socially conventional person
  • Norwegian: A4 — slang: socially conventional person
  • Polish: normik — slang: socially conventional person
  • Portuguese: quadrado — slang: socially conventional person
  • Portuguese: careta — slang: socially conventional person
  • Russian: обыва́тель (obyvátelʹ) — slang: socially conventional person
  • Russian: мещани́н (meščanín) — slang: socially conventional person
  • Spanish: carca — slang: socially conventional person
  • Spanish: carroza — slang: socially conventional person
  • Spanish: cabeza cuadrada — slang: socially conventional person
  • Spanish: soso — slang: socially conventional person
  • Spanish: zanahorio — slang: socially conventional person
  • Spanish: aguacatado — slang: socially conventional person
  • Spanish: momio — slang: socially conventional person
  • Turkish: süt kuzusu — slang: socially conventional person
  • Turkish: muhallebi çocuğu — slang: socially conventional person
  • Turkish: iyilik timsali — slang: socially conventional person
  • Bulgarian: решетка (rešetka) — the # symbol on a telephone
  • Catalan: coixinet — the # symbol on a telephone
  • Czech: křížek — the # symbol on a telephone
  • Danish: firkant — the # symbol on a telephone
  • Dutch: hekje — the # symbol on a telephone
  • Finnish: ruutu — the # symbol on a telephone
  • Finnish: risuaita — the # symbol on a telephone
  • French: carré — the # symbol on a telephone
  • French: dièse — the # symbol on a telephone
  • German: Doppelkreuz — the # symbol on a telephone
  • Greek: δίεση (díesi) — the # symbol on a telephone
  • Hebrew: סולמית (solamit) — the # symbol on a telephone
  • Hungarian: kettős kereszt — the # symbol on a telephone
  • Icelandic: ferningur — the # symbol on a telephone
  • Indonesian: pagar — the # symbol on a telephone
  • Irish: hais — the # symbol on a telephone
  • Italian: cancelletto — the # symbol on a telephone
  • Japanese: 井桁 (igeta) — the # symbol on a telephone
  • Japanese: 番号記号 (bangō kigō) — the # symbol on a telephone
  • Japanese: ナンバーサイン (nambā sain) — the # symbol on a telephone
  • Macedonian: та́раба (táraba) — the # symbol on a telephone
  • Malay: hash — the # symbol on a telephone
  • Norwegian Bokmål: firkanttast — the # symbol on a telephone
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: firkanttast — the # symbol on a telephone
  • Portuguese: cerquilha — the # symbol on a telephone
  • Portuguese: jogo da velha — the # symbol on a telephone
  • Russian: решётка (rešótka) — the # symbol on a telephone
  • Serbo-Croatian: та̀раба — the # symbol on a telephone
  • Serbo-Croatian: tàraba — the # symbol on a telephone
  • Spanish: almohadilla — the # symbol on a telephone
  • Spanish: numeral — the # symbol on a telephone
  • Swedish: fyrkant — the # symbol on a telephone
  • Swedish: brädgård — the # symbol on a telephone
  • Swedish: fyrkant — the # symbol on a telephone
  • Turkish: kare — the # symbol on a telephone
  • Finnish: neliö — central area of a cricket field
  • Zazaki: werte (diq) — central area of a cricket field
  • Bulgarian: квадрат (kvadrat) — unit of measurement of area
  • Finnish: sata neliöjalkaa — unit of measurement of area
  • Italian: quadrato — unit of measurement of area
  • Marathi: चौरस (cauras) — unit of measurement of area
  • Portuguese: quadrado — unit of measurement of area
  • Bulgarian: квадрат (kvadrat) — unit for measuring roof area
  • Finnish: sata neliöjalkaa — unit for measuring roof area
  • Greek: τετραγωνικό (tetragonikó) — unit for measuring roof area
  • Italian: quadrato — unit for measuring roof area
  • Malay: kaki persegi — unit for measuring roof area
  • Finnish: ruutu — dessert cut into rectangular pieces, or a piece of such a dessert
  • Finnish: ruutu — pane of glass
  • German: Scheibe — pane of glass
  • Swedish: ruta — pane of glass
  • Finnish: neliön muotoinen palsta-alue — printing: portion of a column
  • Finnish: suhta — exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule
  • Finnish: sopusointu — harmony or exact agreement
  • Finnish: miehusta — front of a woman's dress
  • Zazaki: dolık — front of a woman's dress
  • Finnish: rööki — slang: cigarette
  • Finnish: spaddu — slang: cigarette
  • Turkish: cigara — slang: cigarette
  • Bulgarian: подравнявам (podravnjavam) — to adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle
  • Bulgarian: подравня (podravnja) — to adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle
  • Catalan: arreglar — to adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle
  • Catalan: escairar — to adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle
  • Finnish: suoristaa — to adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle
  • Greek: εξισώνω (exisóno) — to adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle
  • Ancient Greek: τετραγωνίζω (tetragōnízō) — to adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle
  • Māori: tapawhā — to adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle
  • Portuguese: alinhar — to adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle
  • Spanish: alinear — to adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle
  • Bulgarian: съгласувам (sǎglasuvam) — to resolve — see also resolve
  • Dutch: oplossen — to resolve — see also resolve
  • Finnish: ratkaista — to resolve — see also resolve
  • Interlingua: resolver — to resolve — see also resolve
  • Norwegian Bokmål: løse — to resolve — see also resolve
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: løyse — to resolve — see also resolve
  • Portuguese: resolver — to resolve — see also resolve
  • Spanish: resolver — to resolve — see also resolve
  • Spanish: cuadrar — to resolve — see also resolve
  • Bulgarian: съгласувам (sǎglasuvam) — to adjust or adapt so as to bring into harmony with something
  • Finnish: sovittaa — to adjust or adapt so as to bring into harmony with something
  • Finnish: selittää — to adjust or adapt so as to bring into harmony with something
  • Greek: κανονίζω (kanonízo) — to adjust or adapt so as to bring into harmony with something
  • Russian: согласо́вывать (soglasóvyvatʹ) — to adjust or adapt so as to bring into harmony with something
  • Ukrainian: узго́джувати (uzhódžuvaty) — to adjust or adapt so as to bring into harmony with something
  • Ukrainian: узго́дити (uzhódyty) — to adjust or adapt so as to bring into harmony with something
  • Bulgarian: повди́гам на квадра́т (povdígam na kvadrát) — math: to multiply by itself
  • Catalan: elevar al quadrat — math: to multiply by itself
  • Czech: umocnit — math: to multiply by itself
  • Danish: kvadrere — math: to multiply by itself
  • Dutch: kwadrateren — math: to multiply by itself
  • Dutch: tot de tweede macht verheffen — math: to multiply by itself
  • Esperanto: kvadratigi — math: to multiply by itself
  • Finnish: korottaa toiseen potenssiin — math: to multiply by itself
  • Finnish: korottaa neliöön — math: to multiply by itself
  • French: élever au carré — math: to multiply by itself
  • German: quadrieren — math: to multiply by itself
  • Greek: υψώνω στο τετράγωνο (ypsóno sto tetrágono) — math: to multiply by itself
  • Ancient Greek: τετραγωνίζω (tetragōnízō) — math: to multiply by itself
  • Indonesian: kuadrat — math: to multiply by itself
  • Indonesian: pangkat dua — math: to multiply by itself
  • Interlingua: quadrar — math: to multiply by itself
  • Japanese: 二乗する (nijō suru) — math: to multiply by itself
  • Japanese: 自乗する (jijō suru) — math: to multiply by itself
  • Malay: kuasa dua — math: to multiply by itself
  • Māori: pūrua — math: to multiply by itself
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kvadrere — math: to multiply by itself
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvadrere — math: to multiply by itself
  • Polish: podnosić do kwadratu — math: to multiply by itself
  • Polish: podnosić do drugiej potęgi — math: to multiply by itself
  • Portuguese: elevar ao quadrado — math: to multiply by itself
  • Spanish: elevar al cuadrado — math: to multiply by itself
  • Swedish: kvadrera — math: to multiply by itself
  • Finnish: neliöidä — geometry: to draw a square with same area as something else
  • Ancient Greek: τετραγωνίζω (tetragōnízō) — geometry: to draw a square with same area as something else
  • Finnish: syöttää poikittain — soccer: to make a short low pass sideways across the pitch
  • Finnish: antaa poikittaissyöttö — soccer: to make a short low pass sideways across the pitch
  • Bulgarian: схождам се (shoždam se) — to be consistent with
  • Finnish: noudattaa — to be consistent with
  • Finnish: olla jonkin mukainen — to be consistent with
  • Russian: согласо́вываться (soglasóvyvatʹsja) — to be consistent with
  • Finnish: asettua poikkiteloin — to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance
  • Finnish: ottaa nyrkkeilyasento — to take a boxing attitude
  • Finnish: muotoilla neliöksi — to form with four sides and four right angles
  • Finnish: asettaa neliön muotoon — to form with four sides and four right angles
  • Finnish: muotoilla neliöksi — to form with right angles and straight lines
  • Finnish: asettaa neliön muotoon — to form with right angles and straight lines
  • Finnish: verrata — to compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard
  • Finnish: rinnastaa — to compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard
  • Finnish: olla suorassa kulmassa ... nähden — astrology: to hold a quartile position respecting
  • Finnish: jalustaa poikittain — nautical: to place at right angles with the keel
  • Finnish: kääntää vetoasentoon — rowing: to rotate oars to be perpendicular to the water
  • Finnish: kääntää lapa pystyyn — rowing: to rotate oars to be perpendicular to the water
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