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Meaning of "word square" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WORD SQUARE

word square play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WORD SQUARE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Word square is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WORD SQUARE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

word square

Word square

A word square is a special type of acrostic. It consists of a set of words written out in a square grid, such that the same words can be read both horizontally and vertically. The number of words, which is equal to the number of letters in each word, is known as the "order" of the square. For example, this is an order 5 square: A popular puzzle dating well into ancient times, the word square is sometimes compared to the magic square, though apart from the fact that both use square grids there is no real connection between the two.

Definition of word square in the English dictionary

The definition of word square in the dictionary is a puzzle in which the player must fill a square grid with words that read the same across as down.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WORD SQUARE

word association
word blindness
word burst
word class
word deafness
word for word
word formation
word game
word list
Word of God
word of honour
word of mouth
word order
word picture
word processing
word processor
word sense disambiguation
word stress
word wrap
word wrapping

WORDS THAT END LIKE WORD SQUARE

all square
barrack square
chi-square
fair and square
foursquare
Latin square
magic square
market square
on the square
out of square
quare
Red Square
root mean square
set square
square
T-square
Tahrir Square
tee-square
three-square
Times Square
try square

Synonyms and antonyms of word square in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «word square» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WORD SQUARE

Find out the translation of word square to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of word square from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «word square» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

字方
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cuadrada palabra
570 millions of speakers

English

word square
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शब्द वर्ग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كلمة الميدان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Квадратный слово
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

praça palavra
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শব্দ বর্গ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mot carré
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perkataan persegi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wort Quadrat
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

単語の広場
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

단어 광장
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tembung kothak
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

từ vuông
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சொல் சதுரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शब्द स्क्वेअर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kelime karesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

parola di piazza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

słowo kwadrat
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

квадратний слово
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pătrat cuvânt
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πλατεία λέξη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

woord vierkante
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ordet kvadrat
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ordet kvadrat
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of word square

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WORD SQUARE»

The term «word square» is normally little used and occupies the 139.643 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WORD SQUARE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «word square» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «word square» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about word square

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WORD SQUARE»

Discover the use of word square in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to word square and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Letter Tile Word Puzzles EBook
Word Squares Possible Answers Word Square #1 II 21 31 e e i ' 9 9 Word Square #5 a i n n o o t t Word Square #9 II 21 31 41 d d e e n n o o s s Word Square #13 II 21 a a c c n n o t t Word Square #2 II 21 31 s t Word Square #6 \i 24.
‎2009
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Word Squares
In this book, puzzle master Alastair Chisholm has produced 201 brainteasers-from Delicious to Vicious-that will stretch your vocabulary and challenge your puzzle solving skills.
Alastair Chisholm, 2009
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The Encyclopedia of Christianity
Erwin Fahlbusch. Word Square Word Square A P A T E R A | P A T E R N O S T E R | O O S T E R O | change its wording. Various modes of its use in ® magic bear witness to the transition from late antiquity to the early modern period, ...
Erwin Fahlbusch, 2008
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Transcription Techniques for the Spoken Word
So, for example, the following would all be inserted in brackets: [laughter], [phone rings], [speaker points to the window], [unclear word]. Square brackets should also be used when the transcriptionist cannot hear words clearly and they are thus ...
Willow Roberts Powers, 2005
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The Literary Work of Art: An Investigation of the ...
For example, we say, "The word 'square' means (i.e., in our terminology: has the following material content) an 'equilateral rectangular parallelogram' " (i). We can also say, however: an equilateral rectangular parallelogram with sides of any ...
Roman Ingarden, 1973
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Power Practice: Word Games, Gr. 6-8, eBook
Word Square #3 VOCABULARY AND SPELLING How many words can you find in the square? Write the words you find on a separate sheet of paper. Hint: There are more than 75 words. Rules • The words you find must have four or more ...
Christine Dugan, 2005
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An Introduction to Word Grammar
This is because the colour or picture word itself primes all the words that are semantically related; so the more you activate the word SQUARE, 215 Using and learning language. (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) square nedib extol friend circle Where next?
Richard Hudson, 2010
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Our Young Folks: An Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls
ERE is Hitty Maginn's article mentioned last month : — A WORD ABOUT THE " WORD SQUARE." This is one of the neatest of word puzzles, possessing this advantage over some others, that it is adapted to every grade of capacity and ...
John Townsend Trowbridge, Lucy Larcom, 1871
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Algebra: Themes, Tools, Concepts
20 WORD SQUARES This is a word square. abed Note that the words can be read across or down. The largest word square in the English language took years of hard work to discover. It is made up of obscure ten-letter words. 22. How many  ...
Henri Picciotto, 1994
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Stich and His Critics
How unpromising this is may be gauged by comparing the analogous claim about our knowledge of the triangular figure. Do we know that the triangle on our imaginary plane is no square by knowing that our word 'square' does not apply to it?
Dominic Murphy, Michael Bishop, 2009

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WORD SQUARE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term word square is used in the context of the following news items.
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Finding The Answers Within
This is a word square of four-letter words. Note that the only vowel in this example square is an A. The object of the challenge is to create a five-letter word ... «NPR, Mar 13»
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Were there Christians at Pompeii? The word-square evidence.
The whole issue has been discussed since the 1880s, but the likelihood is that this word square is originally a Jewish symbol. Certainly there are big problems ... «The Times, Nov 12»

REFERENCE
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