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quarter
/ˈk(w)ɔɹ.tɚ/
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What does quarter mean?
noun
- Each of four equal parts into which something can be divided; a fourth part.
- A fourth part of a pound; approximately 113 grams.
- A fourth part of the year; 3 months; a term or season.
More meanings (35)
noun
- A fourth part of an hour; a period of fifteen minutes, especially with reference to the quarter before or after the hour.
- A fourth part of a coat of arms, or the charge on it, larger than a canton and normally on the upper dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.
- A quarter-dollar, divided into 25 cents; the coin of that value minted in the United States or Canada.
- One of four equal periods into which a game is divided.
- A region or place.
- Each of four parts into which the earth or sky is divided, corresponding to the four cardinal points of the compass.
- A division or section of a town or city, especially having a particular character of its own, or associated with a particular group etc.
- One's residence or dwelling-place; (in plural) rooms, lodgings, especially as allocated to soldiers or domestic staff.
- The aftmost part of a vessel's side, roughly from the last mast to the stern.
- The part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, the side of its coffin.
- The back and sides of the upper of a shoe, extending around the wearer's heel to meet the vamp.
- A section (of a population), especially one having a particular set of values or interests.
- Accommodation given to a defeated opponent; mercy; exemption from being killed.
- A quarterfinal.
- (historical) A measure of capacity used chiefly for grain or coal, varying greatly in quantity by time and location.
- (historical) A measure of length; originally a fourth part of an ell, now chiefly a fourth part of a yard.
- (historical) A fourth part of the night; one of the watches or divisions of the night.
- (historical) A fourth part of a hundredweight.
- (historical) A quarter of an acre or 40 roods.
- (archaic, figuratively) A topic or area of endeavour.
- (obsolete) Relations between people.
- (archaic) A quarterback.
- (archaic, slang) A quartermaster; a quartermaster sergeant.
adjective
- Pertaining to an aspect of a quarter.
- Consisting of a fourth part, a quarter (¹⁄₄, 25%).
- Related to a three-month term, a quarter of a year.
verb
- To divide into quarters; to divide by four.
- To provide housing for (usually military personnel or equipment).
- To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
- To quartersaw.
- To display different coats of arms in the quarters of a shield.
- To range to and fro over an area; to move from point to point.
- (historical) To execute (someone) by tying each limb to a different animal (such as a horse) and driving them in different directions.
- (obsolete) To drive a carriage so as to prevent the wheels from going into the ruts, or so that a rut shall be between the wheels.
proper noun
- A village in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS7251).
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈk(w)ɔɹ.tɚ/
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From this quarter, we are alarmed with the amazing expense, from the number of persons who are to administer the new government.
The soft and continual shimmer of the dying lightning showed a marble face high against the black sky of the opposite quarter.
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Behind her was another, with a still, heroic form, wrapped in his own starry flag, lying on the quarter deck—the gallant Lawrence.
But after bottoming out in the second quarter, the economy picked up in line with a gradual recovery in the United States.
There, too, the black man’s children attended the public schools with the white man’s children, and apparently without objection from any quarter.