quarter in English

noun

1

each of four equal or corresponding parts into which something is or can be divided.

she cut each apple into quarters

2

one fourth of a measure of weight, in particular.

3

a part of a town or city having a specific character or use.

it is a beautiful port city with a fascinating medieval quarter

synonyms: district, area, region, part, side, neighborhood, precinct, locality, sector, zone, ghetto, community, enclave, Little ——, —— town

4

the direction of one of the points of the compass, especially as a direction from which the wind blows.

The weather was perfect, the course firm and the wind blowing from the quarter best suited to setting golfers the fiercest possible test on the inward nine holes.

5

rooms or lodgings, especially those allocated to servicemen or to staff in domestic service.

the servants' quarters

synonyms: accommodations, lodgings, rooms, chambers, home, pad, digs, abode, residence, domicile

6

pity or mercy shown toward an enemy or opponent who is in one's power.

the riot squad gave no quarter

synonyms: mercy, leniency, clemency, compassion, pity, charity, sympathy, tolerance, lenity

7

each of four or more roughly equal divisions of a shield separated by vertical and horizontal lines.

In the first quarter is shown the crutched cross from the arms of the Knights Hospitallers of St John of Jerusalem, a religious order instituted in the beginning of the twelfth century, who owned the greater part of Islington.

verb

1

divide into four equal or corresponding parts.

peel and quarter the bananas

2

be stationed or lodged in a specified place.

many were quartered in tents

synonyms: accommodate, house, board, lodge, put up, take in, install, shelter, billet

3

range over or traverse (an area) in every direction.

we watched a pair of kingfishers quartering the river looking for minnows

synonyms: patrol, range over, tour, reconnoiter, traverse, survey, scout

4

display (different coats of arms) in quarters of a shield, especially to show arms inherited from heiresses who have married into the bearer's family.

Edward III quartered the French royal arms with his own

noun

district, area, region, part, side, neighborhood, precinct, locality, sector, zone, ghetto, community, enclave, Little ——, —— town
source, direction, place, location, person
accommodations, lodgings, rooms, chambers, home, pad, digs, abode, residence, domicile
mercy, leniency, clemency, compassion, pity, charity, sympathy, tolerance, lenity
fourth, quartern, one-fourth, fourth part
stern, tail, after part, poop

verb

accommodate, patrol, canton, draw
accommodate, house, board, lodge, put up, take in, install, shelter, billet
patrol, range over, tour, reconnoiter, traverse, survey, scout
canton, billet
draw

Use "quarter" in a sentence

1. a quarter

2. M, quarter horse, 1998 Beholda star is born 1998 quarter horse: behold a beduino* gr 1982 quarter horse #2439128

3. H, quarter horse, 1941 Catechu* ch 1941 quarter horse #0001331

4. Bucky's 5th Quarter.

5. Buckskin AQHA Quarter Horse Gelding, Gentle Buckskin Quarter Horse in Washington

6. Cotter, quarter right.

7. Geometric-Quarter Circle

8. Last Quarter Moon

9. Quarter note equals 330

10. It's a quarter of two.

11. What's the quarter of sixteen?

12. It's a quarter past three.

13. It's a quarter till two.

14. We should quarter a pineapple.

15. Dotted Crotchets (Dotted Quarter Notes) A crotchet, or quarter note, has the value of one beat

16. It's quarter to eight now.

17. It's a quarter to two.

18. Oh, boy, Dad's quarter trick.

19. Since 25 is one quarter of 100, Lily calculates one quarter of the total ACB as follows:

20. 1971-D 25C Washington Quarter -- Reverse First Strike Brockage by Quarter Struck on a Nickel Planchet -- …

21. It was a quarter to six.

22. That quarter crack is getting worse.

23. I sprint the last quarter mile.

24. Bellevue College will start Spring quarter classes April 8th and offer all instruction remotely for the entire quarter

25. Chambray Tonals Landscape Fat Quarter Sampler

26. Founded a quarter century ago, Biotelemetry …

27. Bodkin, Stiletto, Threader, Quarter inch LouAnnsSewingBasket

28. The old quarter of Aden, Yemen.

29. Abelian Varieties Spring Quarter, 2015 1

30. TDS certificates are required every quarter.

31. It replaces the former quarter sessions.

32. Neap tides occur during quarter moons.

33. Graduate Assistantships are awarded as follows: one-quarter, half-time, three-quarter time, and full-time positions

34. Top 4 Broadest-Owned Tech Stocks as of the 4th Quarter Berkshire owns 887,135,554 shares of Apple as of the fourth quarter of 2020, down 6.05% from the third quarter.

35. (9) Estimation based on average activity rates for the fourth quarter of 2007 and first quarter of 2008.

36. No quarter given, no mercy shown

37. Peel and quarter the stalks lengthways.

38. The breed was originally developed from Quarter Horses that did not meet the American Quarter Horse Association's height requirement.

39. A quarter of the workforce was unemployed.

40. The moon is in its first quarter.

41. 6 Sales in Japan decreased last quarter.

42. The FTSE Constituents are reviewed every quarter

43. Indo-Skythians, Azes II Æ Quarter Unit

44. Quarter Horses come in nearly all colors.

45. Second quarter sales stood at ￡18 billion.

46. Quarter the pumpkin and remove the seeds.

47. It's just the end of the quarter.

48. From which quarter is the wind blowing?

49. All right, a million-dollar quarter-mile.

50. One and a quarter miles and closing.