"quadrate" meaning in English

See quadrate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈkwɒd.ɹət/ [UK], /ˈkwɒdˌɹeɪt/ [UK], /ˈkwɑd.ɹət/ [US], /ˈkwɑdˌɹeɪt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-quadrate1.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more quadrate [comparative], most quadrate [superlative], quadrat [alternative, obsolete]
Etymology: From Middle English quadrat, quadrate, from Latin quadrātus (“square”), past participle of quadrō (“to make four-cornered, square, put in order, intransitive be square”), from quadra (“a square”), later quadrus (“square”), from quattuor (“four”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|quadrat}} Middle English quadrat, {{der|en|la|quadrātus|t=square}} Latin quadrātus (“square”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} quadrate (comparative more quadrate, superlative most quadrate)
  1. Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square.
    Sense id: en-quadrate-en-adj-HB44QRow Categories (other): Pages with 4 entries, Four Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 10 4 8 2 12 9 19 1 2 1 1 2 0 19 2 4 3 Disambiguation of Four: 29 4 6 1 29 10 21 0 1 0 0
  2. Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square.
    Sense id: en-quadrate-en-adj-EvmUDcEn
  3. (archaic) Square; even; balanced; equal; exact. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-quadrate-en-adj-R2ZK2yy4
  4. (archaic) Squared; suited; correspondent. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-quadrate-en-adj-CH7vevjD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cranioquadrate, paraquadrate, postquadrate, prequadrate, pterygoquadrate, quadrateness, subquadrate Related terms: quadratic, quadration, quadrature
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈkwɒd.ɹət/ [UK], /ˈkwɒdˌɹeɪt/ [UK], /ˈkwɑd.ɹət/ [US], /ˈkwɑdˌɹeɪt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-quadrate1.wav [Southern-England] Forms: quadrates [plural], quadrat [alternative, obsolete]
Etymology: From Middle English quadrat, quadrate, from Latin quadrātum. Doublet of quadrat; compare also quadrant (“square or quadrangle”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|quadrat}} Middle English quadrat, {{der|en|la|quadrātum}} Latin quadrātum, {{doublet|en|quadrat}} Doublet of quadrat Head templates: {{en-noun}} quadrate (plural quadrates)
  1. (geometry) A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square.
    Sense id: en-quadrate-en-noun-KUsEdcza Categories (other): Geometry, Pages with 4 entries, Four Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 10 4 8 2 12 9 19 1 2 1 1 2 0 19 2 4 3 Disambiguation of Four: 29 4 6 1 29 10 21 0 1 0 0 Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
  2. (astrology) An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90°, or the quarter of a circle; quartile. Synonyms: square
    Sense id: en-quadrate-en-noun-ibxgHywf Categories (other): Astrology Topics: astrology, human-sciences, mysticism, philosophy, sciences
  3. (anatomy) The quadrate bone.
    Sense id: en-quadrate-en-noun--FWE7V1m Categories (other): Anatomy, English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Four Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 6 9 3 19 14 28 1 2 1 1 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 16 6 8 3 18 13 26 2 3 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 10 4 8 2 12 9 19 1 2 1 1 2 0 19 2 4 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 5 8 1 14 10 22 1 1 1 1 1 0 13 1 5 4 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 12 5 10 3 14 10 21 2 3 2 2 3 0 4 2 5 3 Disambiguation of Four: 29 4 6 1 29 10 21 0 1 0 0 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: subquadrate, biquadrate, palatopterygoquadrate, palatoquadrate, semiquadrate, sesquiquadrate
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /kwɒdˈɹeɪt/ [UK], /kwɑdˈɹeɪt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-quadrate2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: quadrates [present, singular, third-person], quadrating [participle, present], quadrated [participle, past], quadrated [past], quadrat [alternative, obsolete]
Rhymes: -eɪt Etymology: From Latin quadrātus, past participle of quadrō. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|quadrātus}} Latin quadrātus Head templates: {{en-verb}} quadrate (third-person singular simple present quadrates, present participle quadrating, simple past and past participle quadrated)
  1. (archaic, transitive) To adjust (a gun) on its carriage. Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-quadrate-en-verb-lxAvsLyB
  2. (archaic, transitive) To train (a gun) for horizontal firing. Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-quadrate-en-verb-eawRc4Xp
  3. (archaic, ambitransitive) To square. Tags: ambitransitive, archaic
    Sense id: en-quadrate-en-verb-en:to_square
  4. (archaic, transitive) To square; to agree; to suit; to correspond (with). Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-quadrate-en-verb-YgqD0lb5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: biquadrate
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-10-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (1a05e46 and e3d6d4e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.