square
Prononciation : [/skwɛə/]
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Contexte : « shape »
(noun) a geometric shape with four equal sides and four right angles. If you draw a box, it's shaped like a square.
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The flag was made up of red and white squares.
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The shape of the pool was circular, not square.
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Can you draw a square on the paper?
Contexte : « measurement »
(noun) a unit used to measure an area that is equal on all sides. If you have a piece of land that is 10 meters on each side, you have 100 square meters of land.
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The house had a total area of 2000 square feet.
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The garden was only 50 square meters in size.
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How many square meters is the classroom?
Contexte : « mathematics »
(verb) to multiply a number by itself. So if you square the number 3, you get 9.
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To find the area of the room, you need to square the length of the sides.
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She didn't know how to square large numbers in her head.
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What happens when you square a negative number?
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