English to Persian Dictionary Online
Definition of "quarter"

quarter

Từ điển Collocation

quarter noun

¹ one of four equal parts into which sth is divided

VERB + QUARTER break/cut/divide/fold sth into ~s

PREP. ~ of a quarter of a century/mile/million a quarter of an hour a quarter of all potential customers

² period of three months

ADJ. first, second, third, fourth/last Profits fell during the third quarter. | current, previous

PREP. during the ~

³ part of a town

ADJ. old | Arab, Chinese, Latin, etc. | diplomatic, historic, industrial, residential 4 quarters place to live in

ADJ. comfortable, spacious | confined, cramped, modest | private the president's private quarters | living, sleeping | officers', servants', soldiers' | married The corporal and his family lived in married quarters.

VERB + QUARTER be confined to He was confined to quarters as a punishment.

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Từ điển WordNet

n.

• one of four equal parts; one-fourth, fourth, fourth part, twenty-five percent, quartern

  a quarter of a pound

• a district of a city having some distinguishing character

  the Latin Quarter

• one of four periods of play into which some games are divided

  both teams scored in the first quarter

• a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour

  it's a quarter til 4

  a quarter after 4 o'clock

• one of four periods into which the school year is divided

  the fall quarter ends at Christmas

• a fourth part of a year; three months

  unemployment fell during the last quarter

• one of the four major division of the compass

  the wind is coming from that quarter

• a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds)
• a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
• a United States coin worth one fourth of a dollar

  he fed four quarters into the slot machine

• an unspecified person

  he dropped a word in the right quarter

• the rear part of a ship; stern, after part, poop, tail
• piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
• clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent

  he surrendered but asked for quarter

v.

• provide housing for (military personnel); billet, canton
• pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him; draw, draw and quarter

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

• divide into quarters

  quarter an apple

• divide by four; divide into quarters

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English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

quarters|quartered|quartering
syn.: after part billet canton draw draw and quarter fourth fourth part one-fourth poop quartern stern tail twenty-five percent