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squaring

SaySKWAIR-ingUS/ˈskwɛɹɪŋ/UK/ˈskwɛəɹɪŋ/AUS/ˈskweːɹɪŋ/

Noun pluralsquarings

2 meanings of squaring

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  1. 1
    verb
    Present participle of square. Use this form for an action happening right now.

    She is squaring the corners of the paper before folding it.

    He kept squaring the numbers to find the area of each room.

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  2. 2
    nouncountable or uncountable
    The act of making something into a square shape, or of multiplying a number by itself.

    The squaring of the wooden board took longer than the builder expected.

    In class we practiced the squaring of small numbers like four and five.

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squaring is a form of square

square, verb: To multiply a number by itself. Full entry

Forms
squaresquares he/she/itsquaring -ing formsquared past tense, past participle
Spelling
square → squaring: drop the e, add -ing

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