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sq.

1 American  

abbreviation

  1. the following; the following one.


sq. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. sequence.

  2. squadron.

  3. square.


Sq. 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Squadron.

  2. Square (of a city or town).


sq. 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. sequence

  2. square

  3. the following one

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Sq. 2 British  

abbreviation

  1. Squadron

  2. (in place names) Square

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of sq.

From the Latin word sequēns

Example Sentences

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But in 2022 summer sea ice in much of Antarctica dramatically shrank, falling from an average of 2.8m sq km to a record low of 1.79m sq km in 2023.

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It also suggested that 40,000 candela per sq m - a measure of luminance - may be an "important threshold for the experience of glare being more likely".

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April's disappearance sparked the biggest missing person search in UK police history, focusing on about 650 areas covering 60 sq km near her home town, involving hundreds of experts and thousands of members of the public.

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The SQ programme's coaches, which include English-born former Scotland international Peter Walton, act on tip-offs from schools and clubs.

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With a surface area of 370 sq km, Lake Garda is the largest lake in Italy and ranks as the third largest in the Alpine region.

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