Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having four equal sides and four right angles; square.
- adjective Marked by firm, unwavering conviction or expression; forthright.
- adjective Of or being a style of American residential architecture popular especially in the early 20th century, usually having two and a half stories and characterized by a square boxy shape and a four-room floor plan.
- adverb In a forthright manner; squarely.
- noun A child's game in which each of four players stands in one of four boxes drawn on the ground in a two-by-two grid and must bounce a ball into another player's box without holding the ball or stepping out of bounds.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having four sides and four angles equal; quadrangular: as, a foursquare altar.
- noun A figure with four equal sides.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having four sides and four equal angles.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having four equal sides;
square . - adjective by extension
Solid ,robust . - adjective cryptography Pertaining to a four-square cipher.
- adjective architecture, US A boxy style of domestic architecture with four rooms to a floor, one of which is usually a stair hall.
- adjective Pertaining to the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel.
- noun Alternative form of
four square . - noun cryptography a four-square cipher
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a square position
- adjective characterized by firm and unwavering conviction
- adverb with firmness and conviction; without compromise
- noun (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon
Etymologies
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Examples
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Yes, all politics are local and since foursquare is a hyper-local application, it would make sense for politicians to use the too.
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That, combined with its ease of us by both consumers and businesses, make foursquare is allowing for phenomenal growth following tremendous success at South By South West. foursquare has set a goal of 1 million users by April 16, which is Foursquare Day.
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I think foursquare is the Pownce of LBS, early adopters are jumping on it but no one will end up using it.
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"If you check into 'foursquare' - every third check in, you get half-price appetizers here," says Drew Topping, of Piper's Pub.
KDKA - Pittsburgh's Source for Breaking News, Weather and Sports 2010
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i hear that foursquare is also highly regarded by google in their local search rankings?
Five Ways To Make Productive Use Of Foursquare (And Not Be Annoying) | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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Heather wrote about a website called foursquare where you can check-in to different places with your cell phone and earn badges and achievements for trying out new venues in the city where you reside.
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Harvard natives and visitors will be able to explore the historic expanse of with greater ease as a result of a partnership with a mobile social networking application called foursquare, the University announced on Tuesday. the first location-based social networking tool to be implemented at Harvard venues in cities around the world.
The Harvard Crimson | All Articles Tara W. Merrigan 2010
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Jerusalem lying "foursquare" (Re 21: 16), represent world-wide extension.
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Their latest App named after the popular playground game "foursquare" is a refreshing combination of friend finder + social networker + video game.
WN.com - Articles related to Internet social networking is challenging our notion of privacy 2010
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Their latest App named after the popular playground game "foursquare" is a refreshing combination of friend finder + social networker + video game.
WN.com - Articles related to Internet social networking is challenging our notion of privacy 2010
whichbe commented on the word foursquare
This might be my favorite game from middle school.
December 11, 2008