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quarter

quar·ter
Q q

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kwawr-ter]
    • /ˈkwɔr tər/
    • /ˈkwɔːtə(r)/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kwawr-ter]
    • /ˈkwɔr tər/

Definitions of quarter word

  • abbreviation Technical meaning of QUARTER crumb 3
  • noun quarter one of the four equal or equivalent parts into which anything is or may be divided: a quarter of an apple; a quarter of a book. 1
  • noun quarter a fourth part, especially of one (¼). 1
  • noun quarter one fourth of a U.S. or Canadian dollar, equivalent to 25 cents. 1
  • noun quarter a coin of this value. 1
  • noun quarter one fourth of an hour: He stayed there for an hour and a quarter. 1

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Origin of quarter

First appearance:

before 1250
One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; (noun) Middle English < Anglo-French; Old French quartier < Latin quartārius, equivalent to quart(us) fourth + -ārius -ary; (v.) Middle English quarteren, derivative of the noun

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Parts of speech for Quarter

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

quarter popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

quarter usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for quarter

noun quarter

  • neighbourhood — Standard spelling of neighborhood.
  • neighborhood — the area or region around or near some place or thing; vicinity: the kids of the neighborhood; located in the neighborhood of Jackson and Vine streets.
  • sector — Geometry. a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle.
  • area — An area is a particular part of a town, a country, a region, or the world.
  • barrio — A barrio is a mainly Spanish-speaking area in an American city.

verb quarter

  • divide — to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
  • cut up — If you cut something up, you cut it into several pieces.
  • subdivide — to divide (that which has already been divided) into smaller parts; divide again after a first division.
  • split up — to divide or separate from end to end or into layers: to split a log in two.
  • slice — a thin, flat piece cut from something: a slice of bread.

Antonyms for quarter

noun quarter

  • whole — comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total: He ate the whole pie. They ran the whole distance.
  • disfavour — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
  • disfavor — unfavorable regard; displeasure; disesteem; dislike: The prime minister incurred the king's disfavor.
  • mercilessness — without mercy; having or showing no mercy; pitiless; cruel: a merciless critic.
  • cruelty — Cruelty is behaviour that deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals.

verb quarter

  • confuse — If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.
  • join — to bring in contact, connect, or bring or put together: to join hands; to join pages with a staple.
  • evict — Expel (someone) from a property, especially with the support of the law.
  • disarrange — to disturb the arrangement of; disorder; unsettle.
  • turn away — move further from sth, sb

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