square meter
noun
a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one meter on each side. m 2 , sq. m
square meters
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pluralof square meter.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The mortgage subsidy of 1 percentage point will run for one year and applies to homes that are less than 120 square meters and valued at less than $223,000.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
In another instance, a model uploaded files to the internet to cite them without being asked by a user that was looking for the names and identifications of lakes larger than 5 million square meters.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
Last year, new leases were signed for more than 700,000 square meters of office space in Midtown South -- a record, according to Peter Johnson of commercial real estate firm Avison Young.
From Barron's ● Feb. 16, 2026
From an area measuring less than five square meters, researchers recovered more than 800 vertebrate fossils, making it the richest site documented so far.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 23, 2025
I only managed to cover a small corner of the base, maybe five square meters.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
