square

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Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

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Definition

  1. noun (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon
  2. noun the product of two equal terms
  3. noun an open area at the meeting of two or more streets

Etymology

From Middle English square, sqware, squyre; from Old French esquarre, esquerre, (modern French équerre), from Vulgar Latin *exquadra, from Latin ex- + quadro, from quadrus (compare English quad and quadra). Doublet of squad and squadra. Displaced Old English fēowerecge (fēower nominative + ecg accusative, as in "four-edged").

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