SQUARE


Meaning of SQUARE in English

n. 25B6; noun

a shop in the square : market square, marketplace, plaza, piazza.

(informal) you're such a square! : (OLD) FOGEY, conservative, traditionalist, conventionalist, conformist, bourgeois, fossil; Brit. museum piece; informal stick-in-the-mud, fuddy-duddy, back number, stuffed shirt.

trendy.

25B6; adjective

a square table : QUADRILATERAL, rectangular, oblong, right-angled, at right angles, perpendicular; straight, level, parallel, horizontal, upright, vertical, true, plane.

the sides were square at half-time : LEVEL, even, drawn, equal, tied; neck and neck, level pegging, nip and tuck, side by side, evenly matched; informal even-steven(s).

I'm going to be square with you : FAIR, honest, just, equitable, straight, true, upright, above board, ethical, decent, proper; informal on the level.

(informal) don't be square! : OLD-FASHIONED, behind the times, out of date, conservative, traditionalist, conventional, conformist, bourgeois, strait-laced, fogeyish, stuffy; informal stick-in-the-mud, fuddy-duddy.

crooked, uneven, underhand, trendy.

25B6; verb

the theory does not square with the data : AGREE, tally, be in agreement, be consistent, match up, correspond, fit, coincide, accord, conform, be compatible.

his goal squared the match 1–1 : LEVEL, even, make equal.

would you square up the bill? : PAY, settle, discharge, clear, meet.

(informal) they tried to square the press : BRIBE, buy off, buy, corrupt, suborn; informal grease someone's palm, give a backhander to.

Tom squared things with his boss : RESOLVE, sort out, settle, clear up, work out, iron out, smooth over, straighten out, deal with, put right, set right, put to rights, rectify, remedy; informal patch up.

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