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[skweə] noun [C] I
1) a shape with four straight sides of equal length and four RIGHT ANGLES
The flower beds form a perfect square.[/ex]
2) an open area of land in the shape of a square with buildings around it
The hotel is in the main square.[/ex]
They have an office in Soho Square.[/ex]
3) the number that is the result of multiplying one number by itself
The square of 3 is 9.[/ex]
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back to square one — in the same situation that you were in before you started to do something, so that you have made no progress[/ex]
II
adj
square */*/[skweə]
1) in the shape of a square
a small square garden[/ex]
2) with edges or corners that are not as curved as usual
He had broad square shoulders.[/ex]
3) used for talking about units for measuring the area of something
an area of over 200 square miles[/ex]
The room is less than four yards square.[/ex]
4) informal
if two people are square, neither person owes the other anything
You give me back six pounds - then we'll be square.[/ex]
•
all square — British if a game is all square, both teams or players have the same number of points[/ex]
a square deal — informal fair treatment[/ex]
See:
fair III
III
verb [T]
square [skweə]
to multiply a number by itself
•
- square up
- square with sth
- square sth with sb

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