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Another word for square

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Noun

  1. An old-fashioned person who is reluctant to change or innovate

    See also:

    new

Adjective

  1. Having four equal sides and four right angles

      1. A square or cube.
      2. An approximately square or cubic area, space, or object.
      3. A bone or cartilaginous structure of the skull, joining the upper and lower jaws in birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians.
    See also:

    geometry

  2. Free from bias in judgment

    Idioms:
    See also:

    fair

  3. Owing or being owed nothing

    See also:

    pay

  4. Conforming to established practice or standards

    See also:

    usual

Verb

  1. To make equal

      1. Relative position or rank on a scale:
      2. A relative degree, as of achievement, intensity, or concentration:
      3. A natural or proper position, place, or stage:
      1. Having a horizontal surface; flat:
      2. Having no irregularities, roughness, or indentations; smooth.
      3. Being in the same plane or line; parallel:
      1. To make equal or equivalent.
      2. To reduce to a standard or an average; equalize.
      3. To consider, treat, or depict as equal or equivalent:
      1. To make equal:
      2. To make uniform.
      3. To constitute or induce equality, equilibrium, or balance.
    See also:

    same

  2. To make or become suitable to a particular situation or use

      1. One that makes, repairs, and alters garments such as suits, coats, and dresses.
      2. To make (a garment), especially to specific requirements or measurements.
      3. To fit or provide (a person) with clothes made to that person's measurements.
      1. A set of matching outer garments, especially one consisting of a coat with trousers or a skirt, often worn on formal occasions.
      2. A person, especially an executive, who wears one of these garments at work.
      3. An outfit worn for a special activity:
      1. To reestablish a close relationship between:
      2. To settle or resolve:
      3. To bring (oneself) to accept:
      1. To be the proper size and shape for:
      2. To cause to be the proper size and shape:
      3. To measure for proper size:
      1. The prevailing style or custom, as in dress or behavior:
      2. Something, such as a garment, that is in the current mode:
      3. Manner or mode; way:
      1. To be or act in accord with a set of standards, expectations, or specifications:
      2. To act, often unquestioningly, in accordance with traditional customs or prevailing standards:
      3. To be similar in form or pattern:
      1. To move or change (something) so as to be in a more effective arrangement or desired condition:
      2. To change so as to be suitable to or conform with something else:
      3. In chiropractic medicine, to manipulate (the spine and other body structures) to treat disorders and restore normal function of the nervous system.
      1. To make suitable to or fit for a specific use or situation:
      2. To cause to be able to survive and reproduce under certain conditions. Used in the passive:
      3. To become adapted:
      1. To have enough space for:
      2. To provide lodging for:
      3. To take into consideration or make adjustments for; allow for:
      1. To acclimate.
      2. To adapt (oneself), especially to environmental or climatic changes.
      3. To become acclimated or adapted.
      1. To accustom or become accustomed to a new environment or situation; adapt.
    See also:

    change

  3. To be compatible or in correspondence

      1. A square or cube.
      2. An approximately square or cubic area, space, or object.
      3. A bone or cartilaginous structure of the skull, joining the upper and lower jaws in birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians.
      1. To shift a fore-and-aft sail from one side of a vessel to the other while sailing before the wind so as to sail on the opposite tack.
      2. To cause (a sail) to jibe.
      3. The act of jibing.
      1. A reckoning, score, or amount:
      2. A record of a reckoning, score, or amount:
      3. The act of scoring a point or goal in a game or contest:
      1. One that is exactly like another or a counterpart to another:
      2. One that is like another in one or more specified qualities:
      3. One that is able to compete equally with another:
      1. To bring or come into agreement or harmony.
      2. To provide harmony for (a melody).
      3. To be in agreement; be harmonious.
      1. To be the proper size and shape for:
      2. To cause to be the proper size and shape:
      3. To measure for proper size:
      1. To be in agreement, harmony, or conformity.
      2. To be similar or equivalent in character, quantity, origin, structure, or function:
      3. To communicate by letter, usually over a period of time.
      1. To be made up or composed:
      2. To have a basis; reside or lie:
      3. To be compatible; accord:
      1. To be or act in accord with a set of standards, expectations, or specifications:
      2. To act, often unquestioningly, in accordance with traditional customs or prevailing standards:
      3. To be similar in form or pattern:
      1. An apparatus for striking a bell or set of bells to produce a musical sound.
      2. A set of tuned bells used as an orchestral instrument.
      3. A single bell, as in the mechanism of a clock.
      1. A piece of paper that is a negotiable instrument drawn on a bank and payable on demand to the person identified as the payee. A piece of paper that is a negotiable instrument drawn on a bank and payable on demand to the person identified as the payee.
      1. To share an opinion or feeling; be in accord:
      2. To express consent; concur:
      3. To accept or support a policy or program:
      1. To give or grant, especially as being due or appropriate:
      2. To cause to conform or agree; bring into harmony.
      3. To be in agreement, unity, or harmony.
    See also:

    agree

  4. To set right by giving what is due

      1. To end or resolve (a dispute, for example) by making a decision or coming to an agreement.
      2. To resolve (a lawsuit or dispute) by mutual agreement of the parties rather than by court decision.
      3. To make the determinations and distributions of (a trust).
      1. To fulfill the need, desire, or expectation of:
      2. To fulfill (a need or desire):
      3. To free from doubt or question; convince:
      1. To give money to in return for goods or services rendered:
      2. To give (money) in exchange for goods or services:
      3. To discharge or settle (a debt or obligation):
      1. To pay off (a debt, claim, or obligation); settle.
      2. To settle the affairs of (a business firm, for example) by determining the liabilities and applying the assets to their discharge.
      3. To convert (assets) into cash.
      1. To release, as from confinement, care, or duty:
      2. To let go; empty out:
      3. To pour forth; emit:
      1. Free from clouds, mist, or haze:
      2. Not obscured or darkened; bright:
      3. Easily seen through; transparent:
    See also:

    pay

Adverb

  1. With precision or absolute conformity

    See also:

    precise

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Another word for square

Modifier

  1. Having right angles

      1. Moving in, consisting of, bounded by, or characterized by a straight line or lines:
      1. Having the shape of a rectangle.
      2. Having right angles or a rectangular base, side, or sides:
      3. Designating a geometric coordinate system with mutually perpendicular axes.
      1. Having all sides or faces equal.
      2. A side exactly equal to others.
      3. A geometric figure having all sides equal.
      1. Referring to the configuration of a key telephone system (KTS), meaning that every key set is configured alike, with every outside line appearing on every set. Thereby, every station user can access every outside line for both incoming and outgoing calls and all feature presentations are consistent. In larger systems, the physical size of the telephone sets required to maintain the squaring convention would be impractical, but departmental subgroups often are squared. See also call, KTS, and line. Referring to the configuration of a key telephone system (KTS), meaning that every key set is configured alike, with every outside line appearing on every set. Thereby, every station user can access every outside line for both incoming and outgoing calls and all feature presentations are consistent. In larger systems, the physical size of the telephone sets required to maintain the squaring convention would be impractical, but departmental subgroups often are squared. See also call, KTS, and line.
      1. Having four equal sides and four right angles; square.
      2. Marked by firm, unwavering conviction or expression; forthright:
      3. Of or being a style of American residential architecture popular especially in the early 20th century, usually having two and a half stories and characterized by a square boxy shape and a four-room floor plan.
      1. Forming or containing one or more right angles:

  2. *Old-fashioned

    See also:

    old-fashioned

    dull

    conservative

Noun

  1. A rectangle

    See also:

    rectangle

  2. A park

    See also:

    park

Idioms:

    on-the-square

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Sentence Examples

  • This area is ten square miles, though.

  • On the square in front of the Bazaar were drummers beating the muster call.

  • How many men are there to a square thousand miles in this country?

  • The square patch of light woke her.

  • The micrometer readings for coincidence of the movable webs with the webs of the fixed square shall be exactly 0 000R and io-000R.

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