square
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noun- 1.
(geometry) A polygon with four straight sides of equal length and four right angles; an equilateral rectangle; a regular quadrilateral.
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Something characterized by a square, or nearly square, form.
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An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles.
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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.
Đồng nghĩa: piazza, plaza
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(mathematics) The product of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; the second power of a number, value, term or expression.
64 is the square of 8.
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(computing) A pattern to be matched that consists of a subpattern repeated, such as "papa" or "wikiwiki".
Squares cannot be easily matched by regular expressions.
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(military formation) A body of troops drawn up in a square formation.
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.
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(dated)(1950s slang, dated) A socially conventional or conservative person; a person who has little or no interest in the latest fads or trends.
Why do you always wear a tie? Don't be such a square!
Đồng nghĩa: basic bitch, bourgeois, L7, mainstreamer, mainstreamist, muggle, mundane, normal, normalfag, normaloid, normie, square, straight
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(British)The symbol # on a telephone; hash.
Enter your account number followed by a square.
Đồng nghĩa: hash, sharp, pound sign
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(cricket) The central area of a cricket field, with one or more pitches of which only one is used at a time.
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.
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(real estate) 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.
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.
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(roofing) 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.
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(academia) A mortarboard.
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(US, abbreviation, alt of, colloquial, ellipsis)Ellipsis of square meal.
Even when times were tough, we got three squares a day.
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(archaic)Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule.
1594-1597, Richard Hooker, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie They of Galatia [were] much more out of square.
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The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.
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(astrology) The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate.
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(dated)The act of squaring, or quarrelling; a quarrel.
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(slang)Cigarette.
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(brewing) A vat used for fermentation.
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(Multicultural London English, slang)(slang, MLE) A well-defined torso.
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
Shaped like a square (the polygon).
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Forming a right angle (90°).
a square corner
Đồng nghĩa: orthogonal, perpendicular, normal
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Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself.
A floor that measures 4 feet square has an area of 16 square feet.
square mile
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Honest; straightforward; fair.
I'm just looking for a square deal on my car repair.
square dealing
Đồng nghĩa: above board, on the level, on the square, on the up and up, straight
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Satisfied; comfortable with; not experiencing any conflict.
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Even; tied
to make or leave the accounts square
The sides were square at the end of the half.
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(derogatory, slang)Socially conventional; boring.
Đồng nghĩa: bourgeois
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(cricket) In line with the batsman's popping crease.
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Solid, decent, substantial.
It may be prison, but at least I'm getting three square meals a day.
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Having a shape broad for the height, with angular rather than curving outlines.
a man of a square frame
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(automotive) Of an internal combustion engine design, in which the diameter of the piston is similar, roughly, approximately, equal to its stroke distance.
Trạng từ
adverb- 1.
Directly.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle to something else; in particular:
The casting was mounted on a milling machine so that its sides could be squared.
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(ambitransitive)To resolve or reconcile; to suit or fit.
John can square this question up for us.
These results just don't square with what we expected.
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(transitive)To adjust or adapt so as to bring into harmony with something.
I cannot square the results of the experiment with my hypothesis.
to square our actions by the opinions of others
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(transitive)(transitive, mathematics) Of a value, term, or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second power.
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(transitive)(transitive, geometry) To draw, with a pair of compasses and a straightedge only, a square with the same area as.
square the circle
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(transitive)(transitive, geometry) To tile (completely fill) with squares.
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(soccer) To make a short low pass sideways across the pitch
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(archaic)To take opposing sides; to quarrel.
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To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to suit; to fit.
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(obsolete)To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel.
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To take a boxing attitude; often with up or off.
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To form with four sides and four right angles.
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To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces.
to square mason's work
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To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard.
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(astrology) To hold a quartile position respecting.
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From Middle English square, sqware, squyre; from Old French esquarre, esquerre, (modern équerre), from *exquadra, from Latin - ex- + quadro, from quadrus (compare quad and quadra). squad squadra.