to square
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- verb
- /skwɛr/
- How does that story square with how you look at things?
- square with reality
- seem to square
- hard to square
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Watch on YouTubeThey never connect and try to square things up.
- They never connect and try to square things up.
- And so I think it's a way of squaring their own guilt.
- How can he square this with the belief in Islam?
- Can you just kind of square that you know with what you just said?
- So I wanted to try to ask you to square those two things for me.
- It's difficult to square with this naturalist picture of of what reality is made of.
- And even the most Ant like among us can't easily square the ants virtuous work ethic with their coldness and lack of charity.
- How are this squares with Christian, Jewish, Muslim or any other religious system I know of?
- That's again another difficult sort of hypocrisy or or tough circle to square from men's advice around the you know.
Examples
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Yet, the doctrine that all cultures are equal does not square with our everyday observation of the world.
Academic text (1996) -
Schmitz's memories, unfortunately, do not square with this extensive documentary record.
Academic text (2004) -
So I wanted to try to ask you to square those two things for me.
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Can you just kind of square that you know with what you just said?
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So all that squared, are you OK with that?
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How does this, how did this square with the things that you heard at the Republican convention?
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How can he square this with the belief in Islam?
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Their interpretations are either self-contradictory or do not square with the text.
Academic text (1996) -
Being ambitious, Burnside tried to square away the whole Pacific theater before doing occupation duty in Japan.
Fiction book (1996) -
Can you help me square my understanding of these two theories?
Synonyms
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1.0
Be the same as another thing or match it
Antonyms
Idioms
To stand or sit with shoulders pulled back to show confidence before something difficult
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- US
144
1.4
A measure of area equal to a square one foot on each side used for rooms and land
108
2.7
A busy part of Manhattan with bright lights, theaters, and New Year's Eve celebrations
- Texting
9
4.0
An online place where people meet to discuss public issues and share ideas
- Specialized
8
3.4
A unit that measures pressure equal to one pound of force on one square inch
5
3.7
A large open place in central London with a monument to Nelson and big lion statues
- Specialized
1
3.9
A knot used to join two ends of rope or cord by tying two opposite small knots
1
6.7
A tool with a long straight edge and a T-shaped top used to draw straight or parallel lines
- Specialized
1
7.2
A square grid of numbers whose rows, columns, and main diagonals add to the same total
- Archaic
1
8.5
A four-sided piece of cloth hung on a bar across a ship's mast to catch the wind
- Specialized
1
9.9
A ship with large square sails hung on horizontal bars across the masts
- Specialized
1
5.3
A solid shape with a square base and four triangular faces that meet at a top point
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4.4
A large flat L-shaped metal tool carpenters use to measure and mark right angles
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3.2
Music played to accompany square dancing, often with lively fiddle or banjo rhythms
- Specialized
1
9.1
A square grid filled with different symbols so each symbol appears once in each row and column
- Specialized
1
6.2
A metal tool with a ruler and handle for checking right angles in wood or metal
- Specialized
1
6.8
A number that shows if the data you see differ from what you expect
- Specialized
1
4.2
A small metal piece with four flat sides that fits on a bolt to hold things together
- Specialized
A hand tool with two arms joined at one end to measure or mark angled lines
- Archaic
A person honored for great bravery who leads troops and carries a square banner
- Specialized
A Roman style of writing using upright block capital letters often carved on stone
- Archaic
A medium-sized Arctic seal with whiskers on each side of its nose, also called the bearded seal
- Archaic
A person with very old-fashioned and strict ideas about how people should behave
How Consistent
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5.4
- US
8
4.1
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11
1.0
∞
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73
3.8
Surface Forms
Etymology
To square something with another means to make them agree or match, like fitting two sides together so they form a true square.