foursquare

[fawr-skwair, fohr-]

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adjective

consisting of four corners and four right angles; square: a solid, foursquare building.
firm; steady; unswerving: He maintained a foursquare position in the controversy.
forthright; frank; blunt: a foursquare presentation of the company's financial condition.

adverb

without equivocation; frankly; forthrightly.

noun

a square.

Origin of foursquare

First recorded in 1250–1300, foursquare is from the Middle English word fouresquare. See four, square

Related formsfour·square·ly, adverbfour·square·ness, noun

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Examples from the Web for foursquare

Contemporary Examples

Imagine Facebook, Yelp, and Foursquare combined into one—all for your favorite furry friend.
Enterpreneurs Create Apps and Web-Based Businesses to Appeal to Dog Owners
Miranda Green
May 30, 2013
People check into restaurants on Foursquare and tag the exact location where their Instagram photos were taken.
Generation Naive: Why Young People Can’t Help Falling for Strangers Online
Caitlin Dickson
March 25, 2013
Skout started out in 2007 as a mobile location app, like Foursquare.
Skout Website Case Suggests How Adults Could Use Apps to Rape Kids
Dan Lyons
June 15, 2012
They own stakes in some of the top companies in tech, including Facebook, Groupon, Zynga, Digg, Foursquare, and Twitter.
Microsoft Buys Skype: Marc Andreessen on the Sale
Dan Lyons
May 10, 2011
He's reminisced on Facebook, Twitter, and FourSquare about their romance.
How Ken Won Barbie's Heart Back
Danielle Friedman
February 14, 2011

Historical Examples

Stately the grey towers also, foursquare for centuries to the winds of the Wash.
The Drunkard
Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
Foursquare, untapering, the great tower lifts its flanks of ruddy stone.
In Morocco
Edith Wharton
Not one of the battens is broken; and each one is foursquare perfectly.
From Sea to Sea
Rudyard Kipling
The threshold was foursquare, and the face of the sanctuary sight to sight.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version
Various
The pilot-house, as you see, is a foursquare mass of iron, provided with no means of deflecting a ball.
The Monitor and the Merrimac
J. L. Worden et al.

British Dictionary definitions for foursquare

foursquare

adverb

squarely; firmly

adjective

solid and strong
forthright; honest
a rare word for square

Derived Formsfoursquarely, adverbfoursquareness, noun

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Examples from the Web for foursquare

Contemporary Examples

Imagine Facebook, Yelp, and Foursquare combined into one—all for your favorite furry friend.

People check into restaurants on Foursquare and tag the exact location where their Instagram photos were taken.

Skout started out in 2007 as a mobile location app, like Foursquare.

They own stakes in some of the top companies in tech, including Facebook, Groupon, Zynga, Digg, Foursquare, and Twitter.

He's reminisced on Facebook, Twitter, and FourSquare about their romance.

Historical Examples

Stately the grey towers also, foursquare for centuries to the winds of the Wash.

Foursquare, untapering, the great tower lifts its flanks of ruddy stone.

Not one of the battens is broken; and each one is foursquare perfectly.

The threshold was foursquare, and the face of the sanctuary sight to sight.

The pilot-house, as you see, is a foursquare mass of iron, provided with no means of deflecting a ball.

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