square

[skweə] 1. noun

1) (a four-sided two-dimensional figure with all sides equal in length and all angles right angles.) čtverec

2) (something in the shape of this.) čtverec

3) (an open place in a town, with the buildings round it.) náměstí

4) (the resulting number when a number is multiplied by itself: 3 × 3, or 3² = 9, so 9 is the square of 3.) dvojmocnina

2. adjective

1) (having the shape of a square or right angle: I need a square piece of paper; He has a short, square body / a square chin.) čtvercový; hranatý

2) ((of business dealings, scores in games etc) level, even, fairly balanced etc: If I pay you an extra $5 shall we be (all) square?; Their scores are (all) square (= equal).) vyrovnaný

3) (measuring a particular amount on all four sides: This piece of wood is two metres square.) čtvereční

4) (old-fashioned: square ideas about clothes.) zastaralý

3. adverb

1) (at right angles, or in a square shape: The carpet is not cut square with the corner.) v pravém úhlu

2) (firmly and directly: She hit him square on the point of the chin.) rovnou

4. verb

1) (to give a square shape to or make square.) upravit do čtverce

2) (to settle, pay etc (an account, debt etc): I must square my account with you.) vyrovnat

3) (to (cause to) fit or agree: His story doesn't square with the facts.) být v souladu

4) (to multiply a number by itself: Two squared is four.) umocnit

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- squared

- squarely
- square centimetre
- metre
- square root
- fair and square
- go back to square one
- a square deal

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• hranatý

• náměstí

• druhá mocnina

• čtverec

• čtvereční