[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/square.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / square [← S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/S/) # square «square» in Mova's school dictionary: **a flat shape with four equal sides and four right angles…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/square/#m1) 2) A square is an open place in a town with buildings around it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/square/#m2) 3) The square of a number is the number multiplied by itself: the square of 5 is 25. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/square/#m3) 4) Square units measure area: square meters, square feet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/square/#m4) 5) Square means having the shape of a square or a right angle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/square/#m5) 6) To square something is to make it square or to multiply it by itself. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/square/#m6) 7) «A square meal» is a good full meal; «all square» means even or equal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/square/#m7) 8) (casual, old slang) A square is a dull person who does not follow fashion: «Don't be such a square.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/square/#m8) 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/square/#m9) 10) (rough) «Square up to someone» means get ready to fight them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/square/#m10) 11) (formal) «Quadrilateral with equal sides» and «raised to the second power» are stiff words in exams. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/square/#m11) 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/square/#m12) ### sense in the 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 - A square has sides of 6 cm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/square/#x1) - Find the area of the square. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/square/#x2) - The room is 20 square meters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/square/#x3) - The square of 5 is 25. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/square/#x4) - A chessboard has 64 squares. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/square/#x5) - The market is held in the town square. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/square/#x6) - Can I have a square of chocolate? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/square/#x7) - Fold the paper to make a square. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/square/#x8) - gave u 5 last week, now u gave me 5, we're square (casual) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/square/#x9) - He squared up to me in the playground, the idiot. (rough) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/square/#x10) - We won fair and square, 3–2. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/square/#x11) - A quadrilateral possessing four sides of equal length, each measuring 7 cm; determine its area. (formal exam) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/square/#x12) - He tried it by square root and by cube root. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/square/#x13) ### 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 - [Lions have a special voice box with square-shaped folds that make a very deep, loud sound.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/18-the-lion-king-of-the-beasts/7/) - [Skin is the body's largest organ; an adult's skin would cover roughly two square metres if laid out flat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/353-skin-layers-sweat-goosebumps-freckles-and-sunburn/4/) - [The big chart of coloured squares on the science-classroom wall is the periodic table, and every square is one element.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/2-elements-and-the-periodic-table/1/) - [In snakes and ladders, count from the next square, not the one you are on.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/242-sharing-toys-and-board-games/21/) - [Lake Superior, between Canada and the United States, is the largest freshwater lake by area, at about 82,000 square kilometres.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/6-islands-seas-and-lakes/12/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «square» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/square/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.