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adjective

ˈfȯr-ˈskwer How to pronounce foursquare (audio)
Definition of foursquarenext
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as in outspoken
free in expressing one's true feelings and opinions it's no time to be foursquare if you're asked whether a certain outfit makes a person look fat

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2
as in straight
going straight to the point clearly and firmly a foursquare evaluation of her performance that didn't mince words

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3
as in square
having four equal sides and four right angles the design of the foursquare Georgian mansion is strongly symmetrical, the wide central hallway being flanked by two rooms on either side

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adverb

as in openly
in an honest and direct manner asked him foursquare if he was ever going to propose to her

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Recent Examples of foursquare
Adjective
The foursquare drill is meant to hone pitchers’ reaction time fielding comebackers and making awkward throws. — Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, 16 Feb. 2020 From today’s viewpoint, its most familiar American manifestations were possibly the comfortably foursquare domestic architecture and furnishing designs produced by Gustav Stickley in the early 20th century. — Barrymore Laurence Scherer, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2018 Oddly enough, these statements are foursquare at odds with these legislators’ voting records. — Deroy Murdock, National Review, 11 Dec. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for foursquare
  1. outspoken
  2. straight
  3. square
  4. openly
  5. honest
  6. straightforward
  7. quadrate
  8. plain
Adjective
  • Debra Tate, Sharon Tate’s sister, has been an outspoken advocate for keeping Krenwinkel and other former followers of Manson behind bars.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Many industry critics were also outspoken when Netflix's studio and streaming deal was on the table, with particular focus on the future of movies staying in theaters.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of outspoken
Adjective
  • Super El Niño impact Inflation in India has been rising for 10 straight months, crossing the central bank's medium-term target of 4% in August, even as economic growth has been resilient so far.
    — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The three-stage rocket failed during its debut mission in October 2021 but is now riding a streak of four straight successes.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of straight
Adjective
  • Rooms Like the resort as a whole, all the 124 accommodations—81 suites and 43 villas—are graciously grand, with the smallest suites stretching over nearly 1,000 square feet.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Visa recently leased 300,000 square feet of office space, Barclays just bought its headquarters for £750 million, and Citi is investing more than $1 billion in its European HQ.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of square
Adverb
  • First is through a global campaign to raise awareness and send the message that women deserve to take care of their mental health and speak openly about it.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Lena is anchored, however, by her relationship with Yana Kuchina, a former editor of a Moscow publishing house who writes openly about living with cerebral palsy.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of openly
Adjective
  • Ask each business owner to absorb the run-rate at renewal, and the honest answer arrives faster than any dashboard.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Each episode, the brutally honest Ramsay comes in to help the struggling restaurant fix its problems or its negative image, and in turn the restaurants get publicity from being on a national television show.
    — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of honest
Adjective
  • The beginning of Between Worlds functions as a kind of prelude, offering a straightforward primer on Said.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 4 Oct. 2026
  • That makes the result interesting, but also means the run should not be treated as a straightforward test of how well an AI can navigate an unmodified commercial game world.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of straightforward
Adjective
  • The eyewear features a quadrate shield-lens, which is one piece that covers both eyes.
    — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
  • Its skull also showed reduced articulations between key bones and a shallow quadrate angle, both of which are associated with piscivory.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Definition of quadrate
Adverb
  • Is this tobacco-spitting, plain-talking Jon Sumrall a coaching amalgamation of Steve Spurrier and Urban Meyer?
    — Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
  • For a movie that had once been generating top Oscar buzz, including a potential first win for Cruise, it has since been hit with critiques that have described it as baffling, brilliant or just plain bad.
    — David Mack, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2026
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