(~s, squaring, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a shape with four sides that are all the same length and four corners that are all right angles.
Serve the cake warm or at room temperature, cut in ~s...
Most of the rugs are simple cotton ~s.
N-COUNT
2.
In a town or city, a ~ is a flat open place, often in the shape of a ~.
The house is located in one of Pimlico’s prettiest garden ~s...
...St Mark’s Square.
N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES
3.
Something that is ~ has a shape the same as a ~ or similar to a ~.
Round tables seat more people in the same space as a ~ table...
His finger nails were ~ and cut neatly across.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
4.
Square is used before units of length when referring to the area of something. For example, if something is three metres long and two metres wide, its area is six ~ metres.
Canary Wharf was set to provide 10 million ~ feet of office space...
The Philippines has just 6,000 ~ kilometres of forest left.
ADJ: ADJ n
5.
Square is used after units of length when you are giving the length of each side of something that is ~ in shape.
...a linen cushion cover, 45 cm ~.
...two pieces of wood 4 inches ~.
ADJ: amount ADJ
6.
To ~ a number means to multiply it by itself. For example, 3 ~d is 3 x 3, or 9. 3 ~d is usually written as 32.
Take the time in seconds, ~ it, and multiply by 5.12...
A ~d plus B ~d equals C ~d.
VERB: V n, V-ed
7.
The ~ of a number is the number produced when you multiply that number by itself. For example, the ~ of 3 is 9.
...the ~ of the speed of light, an exceedingly large number.
N-COUNT: usu with poss
8.
If you ~ two different ideas or actions with each other or if they ~ with each other, they fit or match each other.
That explanation ~s with the facts, doesn’t it...
He set out to ~ his dreams with reality.
VERB: V with n, V n with n
9.
If you ~ something with someone, you ask their permission or check with them that what you are doing is acceptable to them.
She should have ~d things with Jay before she went into this business with Walker.
= okay
VERB: V n with n
10.
see also ~d , ~ly
11.
If you say that someone ~s the circle, you mean that they bring together two things which are normally thought to be so different that they cannot exist together.
He has ~d the circle of keeping the City happy and doing something to improve business cash flow...
‘Nirvana’ ~d the circle by making a record that was both superb pop and rock music at the same time.
PHRASE: V inflects
12.
If you are back to ~ one, you have to start dealing with something from the beginning again because the way you were dealing with it has failed.
If your complaint in not upheld, you may feel you are back to ~ one...
PHRASE: v-link PHR, PHR after v
13.
fair and ~: see fair