square
adjective/skwer/
Слово англійською: square
Переклад square українською: квадра́тний (метр), чотирику́тний, квадра́тний (за фо́рмою), пра́вильний
Детальний опис
- having four straight equal sides and four angles of 90°
- a square room
- forming an angle of 90° exactly or approximately
- The book had rounded, not square, corners.
- square shoulders
- He had a firm, square jaw.
- (abbreviation sq)used after a number to give a measurement of area
- an area of 36 square metres/feet/miles/kilometres/inches
- used after a unit of measurement to say that something measures the same amount on each of four sides
- a carpet four metres square
- used to describe something that is broad or that looks solid in shape
- a man of square build
- [not before noun] square (with something) level with something or parallel to something
- tables arranged square with the wall
- (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.
- square (with somebody) if two teams are square, they have the same number of points
- The teams were all square at half-time.
- fair or honest, especially in business matters
- a square deal
- Are you being square with me?
- square with something in agreement with something
- That isn't quite square with what you said yesterday.
- (old-fashioned, informal, disapproving) (of a person) considered to be boring, for example because they are old-fashioned or work too hard at school
shape
measurement
broad/solid
level
with money
in sport
fair/honest
in agreement
boring
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
- 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)
- (informal) a person who does not feel happy or comfortable in a particular situation, or who is not suitable for it