foursquare adj : characterized by firm and unwavering conviction; "a foursquare refusal to yield" n : (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon; "you can compute the area of a square if you know the length of its sides" [syn: square] adv

1 in a square position; "the building stood foursquare"

2 with firmness and conviction; without compromise; "he stood foursquare for religious liberty and toleration"- C.G.Bowers; "dealt straightforwardly with all issues" [syn: squarely, straightforwardly]

English

Noun

1. A simple playground ballgame (see Four square.

Adjective

1. Pertaining to forthrightness, honesty; unyielding ethics.
2. Pertaining to a Four-square cipher
3. A boxy style of domestic architecture with four rooms, one of which is usually a stair hall; Foursquare house
4. Pertaining to International Church of the Foursquare Gospel founded by Aimee Semple McPherson

Four square can mean:

• Four square, a ball game for all ages
• Four-square cipher in classical cryptography
• Four Square (company) is a division of Mars, Incorporated
• Four Square supermarkets in New Zealand
• Four Square Writing Method, an educational tool
• Four Square (cigarette), a leading Indian brand made by Godfrey Phillips India Limited
• American Foursquare, a type of household floorplan for a modest two story house
• International Church of the Foursquare Gospel is a specific Christian denomination
• Church of the Foursquare Gospel in the Philippines is a local church of International Church of the Foursquare Gospel a Christian denomination
• In radio communications, a type of parasitic gain antenna consisting of four phased quarter-wave verticals, laid out in a square, of which any two can be selected to be active at any given time, giving a wide choice of directions.
• A Canadian Rock Band
• 4 Square (television), a Canadian educational show for preschoolers.
• a motorcycle, the Ariel Square Four

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