In mathematics, squared means: Multiplied by itself; used to read a power of 2 aloud, so x² is 'x squared' and 5² = 25 is 'five squared is twenty-five'.
In Turkish: karesi, kare
How it is used
Heard every day in class and in formulas such as a² + b² = c² ('a squared plus b squared equals c squared'). Units like m² are usually read 'square metres'. The verb is 'square': 'square both sides'.
Example sentences
The area is the side length squared, so a side of 7 cm gives 49 square centimetres.
Remember that x squared equals 16 has two solutions, 4 and −4.
Common collocations
x squared
a plus b, all squared
square both sides
squared units
Related terms
cubedMultiplied by itself three times; used to read a power of 3 aloud, so x³ is 'x cubed' and 2³ = 8 is 'two cubed is eight'.
to the power ofRaised to a given exponent; used to read powers aloud, so 2⁵ is 'two to the power of five', which means 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 32.
square rootA number that gives a particular value when it is multiplied by itself; the square root of 49 is 7, because 7 × 7 = 49.
exponentThe small raised number that shows how many times a base is multiplied by itself; in 2⁵, the exponent is 5 and the base is 2.
