quarter
♦♦ quar|ter /kw'ɔːrtər/ (quarters quartering quartered)
1 [FRACTION]
A quarter is one of four equal parts of something.
A quarter of the residents are over 55 years old...
I've got to go in a quarter of an hour...
Prices have fallen by a quarter since January...
Cut the peppers into quarters.
[PREDET]
Quarter is also a predeterminer.
The largest asteroid is Ceres, which is about a quarter the size of the moon.
[ADJ] ADJ n
Quarter is also an adjective.
...the past quarter century...
2 [N-COUNT] usu sing
A quarter is a fixed period of three months. Companies often divide their financial year into four quarters.
The group said results for the third quarter are due on October 29.
3 [N-UNCOUNT] also a N
When you are telling the time, you use quarter to talk about the fifteen minutes before or after an hour. For example, 8.15 is quarter past eight, and 8.45 is quarter to nine. In American English, you can also say that 8.15 is a quarter after eight and 8.45 is a quarter of nine.
It was a quarter to six...
I got a call at quarter of seven one night...
4 [VERB] V n
If you quarter something such as a fruit or a vegetable, you cut it into four roughly equal parts.
Chop the mushrooms and quarter the tomatoes.
5 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed
If the number or size of something is quartered, it is reduced to about a quarter of its previous number or size.
The doses I suggested for adults could be halved or quartered.
6 [N-COUNT]
A quarter is an American or Canadian coin that is worth 25 cents.
I dropped a quarter into the slot of the pay phone.
7 [N-COUNT] supp N
A particular quarter of a town is a part of the town where a particular group of people traditionally live or work.
Look for hotels in the French Quarter.
8 [N-COUNT] usu supp N
To refer to a person or group you may not want to name, you can talk about the reactions or actions from a particular quarter.
Help came from an unexpected quarter...
9 [N-PLURAL] poss N
The rooms provided for soldiers, sailors, or servants to live in are called their quarters.
Mckinnon went down from deck to the officers' quarters.
10 [PHRASE] PHR after v, v-link PHR
If you do something at close quarters, you do it very near to a particular person or thing.
You can watch aircraft take off or land at close quarters...quar|ter note (quarter notes)
[N-COUNT]
A quarter note is a musical note that has a time value equal to two eighth notes. (AM; in BRIT, use crotchet)quar|ter pound|er (quarter pounders)
[N-COUNT]
A quarter pounder is a hamburger that weighs four ounces before it is cooked. Four ounces is a quarter of a pound.
1 [FRACTION]
A quarter is one of four equal parts of something.
A quarter of the residents are over 55 years old...
I've got to go in a quarter of an hour...
Prices have fallen by a quarter since January...
Cut the peppers into quarters.
[PREDET]
Quarter is also a predeterminer.
The largest asteroid is Ceres, which is about a quarter the size of the moon.
[ADJ] ADJ n
Quarter is also an adjective.
...the past quarter century...
2 [N-COUNT] usu sing
A quarter is a fixed period of three months. Companies often divide their financial year into four quarters.
The group said results for the third quarter are due on October 29.
3 [N-UNCOUNT] also a N
When you are telling the time, you use quarter to talk about the fifteen minutes before or after an hour. For example, 8.15 is quarter past eight, and 8.45 is quarter to nine. In American English, you can also say that 8.15 is a quarter after eight and 8.45 is a quarter of nine.
It was a quarter to six...
I got a call at quarter of seven one night...
4 [VERB] V n
If you quarter something such as a fruit or a vegetable, you cut it into four roughly equal parts.
Chop the mushrooms and quarter the tomatoes.
5 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed
If the number or size of something is quartered, it is reduced to about a quarter of its previous number or size.
The doses I suggested for adults could be halved or quartered.
6 [N-COUNT]
A quarter is an American or Canadian coin that is worth 25 cents.
I dropped a quarter into the slot of the pay phone.
7 [N-COUNT] supp N
A particular quarter of a town is a part of the town where a particular group of people traditionally live or work.
Look for hotels in the French Quarter.
8 [N-COUNT] usu supp N
To refer to a person or group you may not want to name, you can talk about the reactions or actions from a particular quarter.
Help came from an unexpected quarter...
9 [N-PLURAL] poss N
The rooms provided for soldiers, sailors, or servants to live in are called their quarters.
Mckinnon went down from deck to the officers' quarters.
10 [PHRASE] PHR after v, v-link PHR
If you do something at close quarters, you do it very near to a particular person or thing.
You can watch aircraft take off or land at close quarters...quar|ter note (quarter notes)
[N-COUNT]
A quarter note is a musical note that has a time value equal to two eighth notes. (AM; in BRIT, use crotchet)quar|ter pound|er (quarter pounders)
[N-COUNT]
A quarter pounder is a hamburger that weighs four ounces before it is cooked. Four ounces is a quarter of a pound.