quarter is the dictionary form of quarter's Definition of quarter
quarter has definitions from the fields of clothing,nautical,geography,mathematics,education,sport,military,housing
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[ noun ] (mathematics) one of four equal parts

Examples

"a quarter of a pound"

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[ noun ] (geography) a district of a city having some distinguishing character

Examples

"the Latin Quarter"

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[ adjective ] consisting of one of four equivalent parts

Examples

"a quarter pound of butter"

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[ noun ] an unspecified person

Examples

"he dropped a word in the right quarter"

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[ noun ] a US coin worth one fourth of a dollar

Examples

"he fed four quarters into the slot machine"

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[ noun ] (nautical) the rear part of a ship
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[ verb ] kill by pulling the victim's body into pieces by having horses pull on each extremity

Synonyms

draw_and_quarter

Examples

"people were executed by being quartered"

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[ noun ] one of the four major division of the compass

Examples

"the wind is coming from that quarter"

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[ noun ] a fourth part of a year; three months

Examples

"unemployment fell during the last quarter"

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[ noun ] (education) one of four periods into which the school year is divided

Examples

"the fall quarter ends at Christmas"

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[ noun ] (sport) one of four periods of play into which some games are divided

Examples

"both teams scored in the first quarter"

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[ noun ] a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour

Examples

"it's a quarter til 4" "a quarter after 4 o'clock"

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[ verb ] (mathematics) divide by four; divide into quarters
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[ verb ] divide into quarters

Examples

"quarter an apple"

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[ noun ] a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
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[ verb ] (military,housing) provide housing for, of military personnel

Synonyms

canton billet

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[ noun ] (British) a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
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[ verb ] pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him

Examples

"in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes"

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[ noun ] (clothing) piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
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