squared
pronunciation
How to pronounce squared in British English:
UK [skweəd]
How to pronounce squared in American English:
US [skwerd]
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- Adjective:
- having been made square
Word Origin
- squared (adj.)
- late 14c., "made square," past participle adjective from square (v.). Meaning "drawn up in squares" is from 1660s. Of numbers, "multiplied by itself," from 1550s.
Example
- 1. This brings us to c , the quantity , when squared , that puts all employees at risk .
- 2. Specifically , luminosity is proportional to radius squared .
- 3. A squared also owns rights to the series outside china .
- 4. She squared up to that rogue .
- 5. The temple doorposts were squared .