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four square

noun

four square is a noun meaning “A sport played by four players where players have to hit a ball into other people's squares, and attempt to make a return hit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-O-U-R-S-Q-U-A-R-E. The plural of four square is four-squares.

What does four square mean?

noun

  1. 1

    A sport played by four players where players have to hit a ball into other people's squares, and attempt to make a return hit.

  2. 2

    A method used to teach children to write about a topic, based on a diagram with four squares, each containing a type of sentence about the topic.

noun

as four-square
  1. 1

    Alternative spelling of foursquare.

adjective

as four-square
  1. 1

    Alternative spelling of foursquare.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of four square

  • four-squares plural
  • more four-square comparative
  • most four-square superlative

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Words people confuse with four square

Also written: foursquare (one word or two).

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).