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squares

/skwerz/

Ngoại động từ[C/U] Cả hai

Số nhiều: squaresQuá khứ: squaredPhân từ 2: squaredV-ing: squaring

The term carries a sharp contrast between mathematical precision and social rigidity. In a geometric sense, it evokes stability, symmetry, and exactness, which is why it is used in architecture and design to suggest order. When applied to people, this same sense of rigidity becomes a pejorative. Calling someone a square implies they are too predictable or stifled by rules, transforming a symbol of stability into a symbol of boredom and lack of creativity.

Countable when referring to individual shapes or city plazas. Uncountable when used in the mathematical sense of the operation of squaring.

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Danh từ

[plane figures]

"The artist painted several colorful squares on the canvas."

Danh từ

[open areas]

Open areas in a city, usually four-sided, used for public gatherings.

"The tourists visited the historic town squares of Prague."

Danh từ

[conventional people]

People who are considered old-fashioned or conventional in their behavior and attitudes.

"They mocked him as one of those rigid squares who never tried anything new."

Ngoại động từ

[mathematical operation]

"The student squares the radius before multiplying it by pi."

Ngoại động từ

[settle account]

To settle an account or resolve a disagreement.

"She squares her debts with the landlord every first of the month."

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