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squares

Plural of square; plane figures with four equal sides and four right angles. / Open areas in a city, usually four-sided, used for public gatherings. / People who are considered old-fashioned or conventional in their behavior and attitudes. / To multiply a number by itself; to make something square. / To settle an account or resolve a disagreement.

/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.

💬Trò chuyện

🎬Tuesday afternoon; Victoria is in a board meeting while David is staring at a spreadsheet in his office.

David

I'm just circling back to make sure this budget squares with your projections.

David

Victoria

Victoria

Stop using buzzwords and just send the PDF.

💡

David uses 'squares' in the sense of settling or reconciling accounts/figures, combined with the corporate cliché 'circling back'. Victoria's response highlights her disdain for his pretentious professional jargon.

Ý nghĩa

Danh từ

Plural of square; plane figures with four equal sides and four right angles.

The artist painted several colorful squares on the canvas.

Danh từ

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

The tourists visited the historic town squares of Prague.

Danh từ

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]

To multiply a number by itself; to make something square.

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.

Ví dụ

The children drew colorful squares and circles on the chalkboard.

The children drew colorful squares and circles on the chalkboard.

School Life

We should meet at one of the main squares in the city center.

We should meet at one of the main squares in the city center.

Travel

My parents are total squares who think rock music is too loud.

My parents are total squares who think rock music is too loud.

To find the area of the room, he squares the length of one side.

To find the area of the room, he squares the length of one side.

I will pay you back tomorrow and then we are squares.

I will pay you back tomorrow and then we are squares.

The map shows several small town squares where markets are held.

The map shows several small town squares where markets are held.

Travel

I wonder if I am becoming one of those squares my friends tease me about.

I wonder if I am becoming one of those squares my friends tease me about.

The formula requires that the user squares the variable before dividing.

The formula requires that the user squares the variable before dividing.

School Life

Let us just settle this debt now so that everything squares up.

Let us just settle this debt now so that everything squares up.

Business

Cụm từ kết hợp

grid squares

Noun collocation: small square areas on a map or graph

The coordinates are marked by small grid squares.

town squares

Noun collocation: central open spaces in a village or town

Many European villages have beautiful town squares with fountains.

squares up

Verb collocation: to settle a debt or reconcile a difference

We need to square up for the dinner we had last night.

squares with

Verb collocation: to be consistent or in agreement with something

The witness's testimony squares with the evidence found at the scene.

perfect squares

Noun collocation: integers that are the square of an integer

In math class, we learned how to identify perfect squares like 16 and 25.

Cụm động từ

square up

to settle a debt or balance an account

I will pay for the drinks now, and we can square up at the end of the trip.

square up

to assume a fighting stance

The two boxers squared up in the center of the ring.

square away

to organize, finalize, or complete a task

We need to get the travel documents squared away before we leave for the airport.

Thành ngữ & Tục ngữ

fair and square

honestly and according to the rules

We won the game fair and square, so there is no reason to complain.

a square deal

a fair and honest arrangement or transaction

The workers are demanding a square deal from the company regarding their pensions.

Từ nguyên

Derived from the Old French word esquare, which originated from the Latin quadratum, meaning a square or a four-sided figure. The Latin root is further traced back to quadrare, meaning to make square, based on the prefix quadru- meaning four. Over centuries, the term evolved from a purely geometric description to describe urban architectural layouts and eventually became a mid-20th century slang term for conventional people.

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