Words nearby square
Idioms for square
Origin of square
1250–1300; (noun) Middle English < Old French esquar(r)e < Vulgar Latin *exquadra, derivative of *exquadrāre (Latin ex- ex-1 + quadrāre to square; see quadrate); (v.) Middle English squaren < Old French esquarrer < Vulgar Latin *exquadrāre; (adj.) Middle English < Old French esquarré, past participle of esquarrer; (adv.) derivative of the adj.
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OTHER WORDS FROM square
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Derived forms of square
squareness, nounsquarer, nounsquarish, adjectiveWord Origin for square
C13: from Old French esquare, from Vulgar Latin exquadra (unattested), from Latin ex 1 + quadrāre to make square; see quadrant
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Science definitions for square
square
[ skwâr ]
Noun
A rectangle having four equal sides.
The product that results when a number or quantity is multiplied by itself. The square of 8, for example, is 64.
Adjective
Of, being, or using units that express the measure of area.
Verb
To multiply a number, quantity, or expression by itself.
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Culture definitions for square
square
A number multiplied by itself, or raised to the second power. The square of three is nine; the square of nine is eighty-one.
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Idioms and Phrases with square
square
In addition to the idioms beginning with square
- square away
- square deal
- square meal, a
- square off
- square one's shoulders
- square peg in a round hole
- square the circle
- square up
- square with
also see:
- back to the drawing board (square one)
- fair and square
- on the square
- round peg in a square hole
- shoot straight (square)
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