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foursquare

  • /ˈfɔːskwɛː/ UK

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From Middle English foure square; equivalent to four + square.

adjective more foursquare · most foursquare

  1. Having four equal sides; square. From the foursquare royal tower on the city's eastern edge to the Dominican monastery of the Blackfriars in the west, its skyline was a forest of spires and belltowers.
  2. broadly Solid, robust. Standing foursquare in the heart of the town, at the intersection of the two main streets, a "jog" at each street corner left around the market-house a little public square, which at this hour was well occupied by carts and wagons from the country and empty drays awaiting hire […].
  3. not comparable Pertaining to a four-square cipher.
  4. Pertaining to the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel.

noun foursquares

  1. alternative, uncountable Alternative form of four square
  2. countable A four-square cipher.
  3. US, countable A boxy style of domestic architecture with four rooms to a floor, one of which is usually a stair hall.

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adj Having four equal sides

Deutschviereckig, vierkantig, quadratisch

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"foursquare." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/foursquare. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{foursquare_2026,
  title = {foursquare},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/foursquare},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}