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[ fawr-skwair, fohr- ] / ˈfɔrˈskwɛər, ˈfoʊr- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR foursquare ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveconsisting of four corners and four right angles; square: a solid, foursquare building. firm; steady; unswerving: He maintained a foursquare position in the controversy. forthright; frank; blunt: a foursquare presentation of the company's financial condition. adverbwithout equivocation; frankly; forthrightly. Origin of foursquareFirst recorded in 1250–1300, foursquare is from the Middle English word fouresquare.See four, square OTHER WORDS FROM foursquarefoursquarely, adverbfoursquareness, nounWords nearby foursquarefourragère, four-rowed barley, fourscore, foursome, four-spot, foursquare, four-star, four-striper, four-stroke, fourteen, fourteener Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for foursquareImagine Facebook, Yelp, and Foursquare combined into one—all for your favorite furry friend. Enterpreneurs Create Apps and Web-Based Businesses to Appeal to Dog Owners|Miranda Green|May 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST People check into restaurants on Foursquare and tag the exact location where their Instagram photos were taken. Generation Naive: Why Young People Can’t Help Falling for Strangers Online|Caitlin Dickson|March 25, 2013|DAILY BEAST Skout started out in 2007 as a mobile location app, like Foursquare. Skout Website Case Suggests How Adults Could Use Apps to Rape Kids|Dan Lyons|June 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST They own stakes in some of the top companies in tech, including Facebook, Groupon, Zynga, Digg, Foursquare, and Twitter. Microsoft Buys Skype: Marc Andreessen on the Sale|Dan Lyons|May 10, 2011|DAILY BEAST
He's reminisced on Facebook, Twitter, and FourSquare about their romance. How Ken Won Barbie's Heart Back|Danielle Friedman|February 14, 2011|DAILY BEAST Foursquare and vast was the throne room, with the lofty stone ceiling supported by carven pillars. The Radio Boys' Search for the Inca's Treasure|Gerald Breckenridge The threshold was foursquare, and the face of the sanctuary sight to sight. The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being double. The Bible Story|Rev. Newton Marshall Hall He recalled how it had always stood, foursquare, a solid piece of mid-Victorian architecture. The Street That Wasn't There|Clifford Donald Simak Foursquare, untapering, the great tower lifts its flanks of ruddy stone.
British Dictionary definitions for foursquare
adjectivesolid and strong forthright; honest a rare word for square Derived forms of foursquarefoursquarely, adverbfoursquareness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to foursquarerectangular, quadrate, quadratic, equilateral, squared, boxlike, boxy, orthogonal, rectilinear, right-angled, squarish |