square
[adjective]
Synonyms:
- honest, above board, ethical, fair, genuine, kosher (informal), on the level (informal), straight
[verb]
Synonyms:
- even up, adjust, align, level
- sometimes with up: pay off, settle
- often with with: agree, correspond, fit, match, reconcile, tally

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Related Words: boxlike, boxy, squarish, balance, coincide

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English Thesaurus: square, circle, semicircle, triangle, rectangle, ...

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I. square¹ S2 W3 /skweə $ skwer/ adjective

1. SHAPE having four straight equal sides and 90° angles at the corners:
a large square room

2. ANGLE forming a 90° angle, or being close to or similar to a 90° angle:
square corners

3. square metre/mile etc an area of measurement equal to a square with sides a metre long, a mile long etc:
about four square metres of ground

4. five feet/two metres etc square having the shape of a square with sides that are five feet, two metres etc long:
The room is six metres square.

5. LEVEL [not before noun] parallel with a straight line
square with
I don’t think the shelf is square with the floor.

6. square meal a good satisfying meal:
Children should have three square meals a day.

7. BODY if someone’s body or a part of their body is square, it looks broad and strong:
a square jaw

8. all square British English to have the same number of points as your opponent in a competition:
The teams were all square at the end of the first half.

9. (all) square informal if two people are square, they do not owe each other any money:
Here’s your £10 back, so that makes us square.

10. square deal honest and fair treatment from someone, especially in business:
I’m not getting a square deal here.

11. BORING informal someone who is square is boring and old-fashioned

12. a square peg in a round hole informal someone who is in a job or situation that is not suitable for them
—squareness noun [uncountable]
⇒ win (something)/beat somebody fair and square at fair³(1)

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II. square² S2 W3 noun [countable]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: esquarre, from Vulgar Latin exquadra, from exquadrare 'to make square', from Latin quadrare 'to make square, fit']

1. SHAPE a shape with four straight equal sides with 90° angles at the corners ⇒ rectangle:
First of all, draw a square.
square of
a small square of cloth

2. IN A TOWN a large open area in the centre of a town or city, usually in the shape of a square, or the buildings surrounding it
main/market/town square
The hotel is just off the main square of Sorrento.
She lives in Hanover Square.

3. square one the situation from which you started to do something
be back to/at square one
The police are now back at square one in their investigation.
go back to square one (=used when you start something again because you were not successful the first time)
Okay, let’s go back to square one and try again.
from square one
I’ve had to relearn the game from square one.

4. NUMBER the result of multiplying a number by itself ⇒ square root
square of
The square of 4 is 16.

5. IN A GAME a space on a board used for playing a game such as chess

6. PERSON informal someone who is considered boring and unfashionable Synonym : nerd

7. TOOL (also set square) a flat object with a straight edge, often shaped like an L, used for drawing or measuring 90° angles

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III. square³ verb [transitive]

1. MULTIPLY to multiply a number by itself

2. IN A COMPETITION British English to win a point or game so that you have now won the same number of points or games as the other team or player:
India won the second match to square the series at one each.

3. square your shoulders to stand straight and push your shoulders back, usually to show your determination

4. MAKE SOMETHING STRAIGHT to make something straight or parallel

5. square the circle to attempt something impossible
square something ↔ away phrasal verb [usually passive] American English
to finish something, especially by putting the last details in order:
Get your work squared away before you leave.
square off phrasal verb

1. square something ↔ off to make something have neat corners

2. American English to get ready to fight someone
square up phrasal verb

1. to pay money that you owe:
I’ll pay for the drinks and you can square up later.

2. British English to get ready to fight someone
square up to
The two lads squared up to each other.

3. square up to somebody/something to deal with a difficult situation or person in a determined way
square with phrasal verb

1. square (something) with something if you square two ideas, statements etc with each other or if they square with each other, they are considered to be in agreement:
His story simply does not square with the facts.
How do you square that with your religious beliefs?
square something with your conscience (=make yourself believe that what you are doing is morally right)

2. square something with somebody British English to persuade someone to agree to something:
I’ll take the day off if I can square it with my boss.

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IV. square⁴ adverb

1. directly and firmly Synonym : squarely:
Look him square in the eye and say no.

2. at 90° to a line Synonym : squarely
square to
Wright passed the ball square to Brown.

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square
adj.
VERBS be, look
ADV. very The rooms are all very square.
absolutely, exactly | not quite The grid doesn't look quite square.
quite | nearly | roughly

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

square
noun
I. shape
ADJ. neat | perfect
VERB + SQUARE cut sth into, divide sth into Cut the sandwiches into neat squares.
SQUARE + NOUN shape
PREP. ~ of A square of light shone from the skylight.

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square
II. open space in a town, etc.
ADJ. central, main | public | city, town, village | market crowds thronging the market square
VERB + SQUARE throng
PREP. in a/the ~

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

square a shape with four straight sides that are equal in length and four angles of 90 degrees
circle a round shape that is like an O
semicircle half a circle
triangle a shape with three straight sides and three angles
rectangle a shape with four straight sides and four angles of 90 degrees
oval a shape like a circle, but that is longer than it is wide
cylinder an object in the shape of a tube
cube a solid object with six equal square sides
pyramid a shape with a square base and four triangular sides that meet in a point at the top
sphere a shape like a ball
circular/round shaped like a circle:
a circular table
semicircular shaped like a semicircle:
a semicircular arch above the door
triangular shaped like a triangle:
sails divided into triangular sections
rectangular shaped like a rectangle:
a simple rectangular building
cylindrical shaped like a cylinder:
The statue is on top of a tall cylindrical column.
spherical shaped like a ball:
The planet Saturn is not completely spherical.

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square shaped like a square:
a square box
circular/round shaped like a circle:
a circular table
semicircular shaped like a semicircle:
a semicircular arch above the door
triangular shaped like a triangle:
sails divided into triangular sections
rectangular shaped like a rectangle:
a simple rectangular building
oval shaped like an oval:
an oval swimming pool
cylindrical shaped like a cylinder:
The statue is on top of a tall cylindrical column.
spherical shaped like a ball:
The planet Saturn is not completely spherical.

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square
skwɛə
See: fair and square , shoot straight or shoot square

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