The difference between On the square and Square

On the square is also phrase with the meaning: honest and open.

Square is also noun with the meaning: a with four sides of equal length and four.

Square is also verb with the meaning: to so as to with or place at a to something else.

Square is also adjective with the meaning: shaped like a .

check bellow for the other definitions of On the square and Square

  1. Square as a noun (geometry):

    A with four sides of equal length and four ; an ; a .

  2. Square as a noun (metonymically):

    Something characterized by a square, or nearly square, form. A in a . A square piece, part, or surface, . The front of a woman's dress over the bosom, usually worked or embroidered. A dessert cut into rectangular pieces, or a piece of such a dessert. A certain number of lines, forming a portion of a column, nearly square; used chiefly in reckoning the prices of advertisements in newspapers.

    Examples:

    "You may not move a piece to a square already occupied by one of your own pieces."

    "rfquotek Shakespeare"

  3. Square as a noun (figuratively, obsolete):

    An L- or T-shaped tool used to place objects or draw lines at right angles. A true measure, standard, or pattern.

  4. Square as a noun:

    An open space often in the center of a town, not necessarily square in shape, often containing trees, seating and other features pleasing to the eye.

  5. Square as a noun (mathematics):

    The of a number or quantity multiplied by itself; the second power of a number, value, term or expression.

    Examples:

    "64 is the square of 8."

  6. Square as a noun (military):

    A body of troops drawn up in a square formation.

  7. Square as a noun (1950s slang):

    A socially conventional or conservative person; a person who has little or no interest in the latest fads or trends: still sometimes used in modern terminology.

    Examples:

    "Why do you always wear a tie? Don't be such a square!"

  8. Square as a noun (British):

    The symbol # on a telephone; hash.

    Examples:

    "Enter your account number followed by a square."

  9. Square as a noun (cricket):

    The central area of a cricket field, with one or more pitches of which only one is used at a time.

    Examples:

    "An ideal playing area is roughly circular in shape with a central area, the cricket square, measuring 27.44 metres by 27.44 metres and boundaries 45.75 metres from the sides of the square."

  10. Square as a noun (real estate):

    A unit of measurement of area, equal to a 10 foot by 10 foot square, i.e. 100 square feet or roughly 9.3 square metres. Used in real estate for the size of a house or its rooms, though progressively being replaced by square metres in metric countries such as Australia.

    Examples:

    "2006: Just as the basic unit of real estate measurement across the world is the square ... — w Macquarie Bank (Australia), press release ''Macquarie releases Real Estate Market Outlook 2006 - "The World Squared"'', 21 June 2006 [http://www.macquarie.com.au/au/about_macquarie/media_centre/20060621.htm]"

    "2007: The house is very large and open and boasts 39 squares of living space plus over 13 squares of decking area on 3 sides and 17 squares of garage and workshop downstairs. — Your Estate advertisement for Grindelwald Tasmania [http://www.yourestate.com.au/property_12753.php]"

  11. Square as a noun (roofing):

    A unit used in measuring roof area equivalent to 100 square feet (9.29 m2) of roof area.

  12. Square as a noun (academia):

    A mortarboard

  13. Square as a noun (colloquial, US):

    A square meal.

    Examples:

    "Even when times were tough, we got three squares a day."

  14. Square as a noun (archaic):

    Exact proportion; justness of workmanship and conduct; regularity; rule.

  15. Square as a noun:

    The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level.

  16. Square as a noun (astrology):

    The position of planets distant ninety degrees from each other; a quadrate.

  17. Square as a noun (dated):

    The act of squaring, or quarrelling; a quarrel.

  18. Square as a noun (slang):

    .

  19. Square as a noun (brewing):

    A vat used for fermentation.

  1. Square as an adjective:

    Shaped like a .

  2. Square as an adjective (nautical):

    Forming a right angle, especially at right angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to the horizon; said of the yards of a square-rigged vessel when they are so braced.

    Examples:

    "a square corner"

  3. Square as an adjective:

    Of numbers formed by multiplying two equal numbers.

    Examples:

    "9 is a square number."

  4. Square as an adjective:

    Used in the names of units of area formed by multiplying a unit of length by itself.

    Examples:

    "'square metre"

    "'square mile"

  5. Square as an adjective:

    Honest; straightforward.

    Examples:

    "square dealing"

  6. Square as an adjective:

    Fair.

    Examples:

    "I'm just looking for a square deal on my car repair."

  7. Square as an adjective:

    Even; tied

    Examples:

    "to make or leave the accounts square"

    "The sides were square at the end of the half."

  8. Square as an adjective (slang):

    Socially conventional; boring.

  9. Square as an adjective (cricket):

    In line with the batsman's popping crease.

  10. Square as an adjective:

    Correctly aligned with respect to something else.

  11. Square as an adjective:

    hearty; vigorous

    Examples:

    "It may be prison, but at least I'm getting three square meals a day."

  12. Square as an adjective:

    Having a shape broad for the height, with angular rather than curving outlines.

    Examples:

    "a man of a square frame"

  1. Square as a verb (transitive):

    To so as to with or place at a to something else; To place at a right angle to the .

    Examples:

    "The casting was mounted on a milling machine so that its sides could be squared."

    "to square the yards"

  2. Square as a verb:

    To resolve or reconcile.

    Examples:

    "John can square this question up for us."

    "These results just don't square."

  3. Square as a verb:

    To adjust or adapt so as to bring into harmony with something.

    Examples:

    "I cannot square the results of the experiment with my hypothesis."

    "to square our actions by the opinions of others"

  4. Square as a verb (transitive, mathematics):

    Of a value, term or expression, to multiply by itself; to raise to the second power.

  5. Square as a verb (transitive):

    To draw, with a pair of compasses and a straightedge only, a square with the same area as.

    Examples:

    "square the circle"

  6. Square as a verb (soccer):

    To make a short low pass sideways across the pitch

  7. Square as a verb (archaic):

    To take opposing sides; to quarrel.

  8. Square as a verb:

    To accord or agree exactly; to be consistent with; to suit; to fit.

  9. Square as a verb (obsolete):

    To go to opposite sides; to take an attitude of offense or defense, or of defiance; to quarrel.

  10. Square as a verb:

    To take a boxing attitude; often with up or off.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Charles Dickens"

  11. Square as a verb:

    To form with four sides and four right angles.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Edmund Spenser"

  12. Square as a verb:

    To form with right angles and straight lines, or flat surfaces.

    Examples:

    "to square mason's work"

  13. Square as a verb:

    To compare with, or reduce to, any given measure or standard.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Shakespeare"

  14. Square as a verb (astrology):

    To hold a quartile position respecting.

Compare words:

Compare with synonyms and related words: