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quadrate.

Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈkwɒd.ɹət/UK/ˈkwɒdˌɹeɪt/UK/ˈkwɑd.ɹət/US/ˈkwɑdˌɹeɪt/US
  1. Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square.

  2. Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square.

  3. Square; even; balanced; equal; exact.

    archaic
  4. Squared; suited; correspondent.

    archaic
Where this word comes from

From Middle English quadrat, quadrate, from Latin quadrātus (“square”), past participle of quadrō (“to make four-cornered, square, put in order, intransitive be square”), from quadra (“a square”), later quadrus (“square”), from quattuor (“four”).

noun/ˈkwɒd.ɹət/UK/ˈkwɒdˌɹeɪt/UK/ˈkwɑd.ɹət/US/ˈkwɑdˌɹeɪt/US
  1. A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square.

  2. An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90°, or the quarter of a circle; quartile.

  3. The quadrate bone.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English quadrat, quadrate, from Latin quadrātum. Doublet of quadrat; compare also quadrant (“square or quadrangle”).

verb/kwɒdˈɹeɪt/UK/kwɑdˈɹeɪt/US
  1. To adjust (a gun) on its carriage.

    archaic · transitive
  2. To train (a gun) for horizontal firing.

    archaic · transitive
  3. To square.

    ambitransitive · archaic
  4. To square; to agree; to suit; to correspond (with).

    archaic · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Latin quadrātus, past participle of quadrō.

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