square
part of speech
noun, adjective, verb (square, squares, squared, squaring); adverb (square — directly)
meaning for a pupil
1) A square is a flat shape with four equal sides and four right angles (square corners). A square has 4 sides. tree →
2) A square is an open place in a town with buildings around it. tree →
3) The square of a number is the number multiplied by itself: the square of 5 is 25. tree →
4) Square units measure area: square meters, square feet. tree →
5) Square means having the shape of a square or a right angle. tree →
6) To square something is to make it square or to multiply it by itself. tree →
7) «A square meal» is a good full meal; «all square» means even or equal. tree →
8) (casual, old slang) A square is a dull person who does not follow fashion: «Don't be such a square.» tree →
9) (casual) To square up is to pay what you owe: «I'll square up with you later»; «we're square» means we owe each other nothing. tree →
10) (rough) «Square up to someone» means get ready to fight them. tree →
11) (formal) «Quadrilateral with equal sides» and «raised to the second power» are stiff words in exams. tree →
12) A square root of a number is the number that, multiplied by itself, gives that number back: the square root of 25 is 5. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It means having four equal sides and right angles, as in the "four-square" altar and breastplate. It describes the shape of sacred objects. Interpretation: Tradition notes that the altar and the high priest's breastplate had precise measures given by God. Some commentators link the square shape of the breastplate to its twelve stones, set in four rows of three. In the primary lessons: Maths: a shape (perimeter = 4 × side, area = side × side), square units of area, square numbers (1, 4, 9, 16, 25). Everyday: the town square, a square of chocolate, squares on a chess board, graph paper with squares. Phrases: back to square one (start again), fair and square (honestly). In casual talk: «we're square», «square up». In the exam voice: «a quadrilateral possessing four sides of equal length», «the number raised to the second power».
examples
- Four-square it shall be and double: a span shall be the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof. (Torah EXO.28.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- It was four-square; they made the breastplate double; a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being double. (Torah EXO.39.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- And thou shalt make the altar of acacia-wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be four-square; and the height thereof shall be three cubits. (Torah EXO.27.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- So also made he for the entrance of the temple door-posts of olive-wood, within a frame four-square; (Prophets 1KI.6.33, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve broad, square in the four sides thereof. (Prophets EZK.43.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- And all the doors with their posts were square in the frame; and light was over against light in three ranks. (Prophets 1KI.7.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- A square has sides of 6 cm. tree →
- Find the area of the square. tree →
- The room is 20 square meters. tree →
- The square of 5 is 25. tree →
- A chessboard has 64 squares. tree →
- The market is held in the town square. tree →
- Can I have a square of chocolate? tree →
- Fold the paper to make a square. tree →
- gave u 5 last week, now u gave me 5, we're square (casual) tree →
- He squared up to me in the playground, the idiot. (rough) tree →
- We won fair and square, 3–2. tree →
- A quadrilateral possessing four sides of equal length, each measuring 7 cm; determine its area. (formal exam) tree →
- He tried it by square root and by cube root. tree →
note
Countable noun; verb squared, squaring. Perimeter = 4 × side, area = side × side; «square meters» is a unit of area. Trap: the square of 5 is 25, not 10. Trap: a square is a special rectangle and a special rhombus. Trap: «5 square metres» (an area) is not «5 metres square» (a square 5 m on each side, area 25). «We're square» means no money is owed, so the difference is 0. Formal «raised to the second power» = squared.
In the corpora
- Four-square it shall be and double: a span shall be the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof.
- So also made he for the entrance of the temple door-posts of olive-wood, within a frame four-square;
- And all the doors with their posts were square in the frame; and light was over against light in three ranks.
- As for the temple, the jambs were squared; and the face of the sanctuary had an appearance such as is the appearance.
- And the hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve broad, square in the four sides thereof.
Trees and pragmatics
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