quarter

Meaning

Noun

1. (broadly, countable, uncountable) A fourth part of something.
2. (countable, historical, uncountable) A fourth part of something.
3. (countable, uncountable) A fourth part of something.
4. (countable, historical, uncountable) A fourth part of something.
5. (countable, historical, uncountable) A fourth part of something.
6. (countable, uncountable) A fourth part of something.
7. (countable, uncountable) A fourth part of something.
8. (countable, historical, uncountable) A fourth part of something.
9. (countable, uncountable) A fourth part of something.
10. (Canada, US, countable, uncountable) A fourth part of something.
11. (countable, uncountable) A fourth part of something.
12. (countable, historical, uncountable) A fourth part of something.
13. (countable, uncountable) Place or position.
14. (countable, uncountable) Place or position.
15. (countable, uncountable) Place or position.
16. (countable, uncountable) Place or position.
17. (archaic, countable, figuratively, uncountable) Place or position.
18. (countable, uncountable) Place or position.
19. (countable, uncountable) Place or position.
20. (countable, often, plural, uncountable) A section (of a population), especially one having a particular set of values or interests.
21. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Relations between people.
22. (countable, uncountable) Accommodation given to a defeated opponent; mercy; exemption from being killed.
23. (abbreviation, archaic, countable, uncountable) A quarterback.
24. (abbreviation, archaic, countable, slang, uncountable) A quartermaster; a quartermaster sergeant.
25. (abbreviation, countable, uncountable) A quarterfinal.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Pertaining to an aspect of a quarter.
2. (not-comparable) Consisting of a fourth part, a quarter (¹⁄₄, 25%).
3. (not-comparable) Related to a three-month term, a quarter of a year.

Verb

1. (transitive) To divide into quarters; to divide by four.
2. (transitive) To provide housing for military personnel or other equipment.
3. (intransitive) To lodge; to have a temporary residence.
4. (transitive) To quartersaw.
5. (historical, transitive) To execute (someone) by tying each limb to a different animal (such as a horse) and driving them in different directions.
6. To display different coats of arms in the quarters of a shield.
7. (transitive) To range to and fro over an area; to move from point to point.

Verb

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.

Synonyms

fourth

4th

district

one-fourth

neighborhood

fourth part

area

neighbourhood

region

lodge

billet

direction

twenty-five cents

side

quartern

mercy

house

🏠

section

canton

part

locality

draw and quarter

trimester

thigh

after part

room

stern

draw

poop

💩

quarters

lodging

shelter

hand

✋

tail

housing

one-quarter

two bits

city district

accommodate

term

twenty-five percent

residence

barrack

quadrant

accommodation

quartering

quarterly

keep

borough

place

corner

Translations

quartier

quart

4th

Viertel

trimestre

cuarto

4th

quarto

4th

trimestre

trimestre

quartiere

trimestre

barrio

Quartal

kwartaal

wijk

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈk(w)ɔːtə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: quarter

Cognate with Spanish: cuarto

In summary

From Middle English quarter, from Anglo-Norman quarter, from Latin quartarius, from quartus. Compare Spanish cuarto (“room, quarters; quarter”). Doublet of quartier.

Sentences

One quarter of all awards for the First World War were posthumous .