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skwâr
Received-Pronunciation:/skwɛə/
British, Southern, Standard:/skwɛː/
Scotland:/skweɹ/
skwûrLancashire, 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/
QueenslandRecorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
skwîrNew Zealand, cheer–chair merger
/skwiə̯/New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
New-Zealand:/skweə̯/without the cheer–chair merger
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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
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
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!
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
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