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Definition of square adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

square

adjective
 
 
/skweə(r)/
 
/skwer/
Idioms
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    shape

  1.  
     having four straight equal sides and four angles of 90°
    • a square room
    Topics Colours and Shapesa2
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  2.  
     forming an angle of 90° exactly or approximately
    • The book had rounded, not square, corners.
    • square shoulders
    • He had a firm, square jaw.
    Topics Colours and Shapesb2, Maths and measurementb2

    3. measurement

  3.  
    (abbreviation sq)
    used after a number to give a measurement of area
    • an area of 36 square metres/feet/miles/kilometres/inches
    Topics Maths and measurementb1
  4.  
     used after a unit of measurement to say that something measures the same amount on each of four sides
    • a carpet four metres square
    Topics Maths and measurementb1

    5. broad/solid

  5. used to describe something that is broad or that looks solid in shape
    • a man of square build
    see also four-square

    6. level

  6. [not before noun] square (with something) level with something or parallel to something
    • tables arranged square with the wall
    7.

    with money

  7. (informal) if two people are square, neither of them owes money to the other
    • Here's the £10 I owe you—now we're square.
    8.

    in sport

  8. square (with somebody) if two teams are square, they have the same number of points
    • The teams were all square at half-time.
    Topics Games and toysc2

    9. fair/honest

  9. fair or honest, especially in business matters
    • a square deal
    • Are you being square with me?
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2

    10. in agreement

  10. square with something in agreement with something
    • That isn't quite square with what you said yesterday.
    Topics Opinion and argumentc2

    11. boring

  11. (old-fashioned, informal, disapproving) (of a person) considered to be boring, for example because they are old-fashioned or work too hard at schoolTopics Feelingsc2
    12. Word OriginMiddle English: shortening of Old French esquare (noun), esquarre (past participle, used as an adjective), esquarrer (verb), based on Latin quadra ‘square’.
Idioms
a square meal
  1. a good meal that satisfies your hunger
    • He looks as though he hasn't had a square meal for weeks.
a square peg (in a round hole)
  1. (informal) a person who does not feel happy or comfortable in a particular situation, or who is not suitable for it
See square in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee square in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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