Meaning

23 senses
  1. (informal)A quadrangle (quadrangular courtyard).

  2. (colloquial, dated)A horse, from colloquial or humorous quadruped specifically for horse.

  3. Something that is quadruple (four times) the usual amount, number, etc.

    A poster advertising a cinematic film release, measuring forty by thirty inches, four times the area of crown paper.

  4. A quadruple, a jump with four revolutions in the air.

  5. A serving of four shots of espresso; (attributive) containing four shots of espresso.

  6. A skate with four wheels.

  7. Clipping of quadruplet (“a set of four; one of a set of four”).

    A group of four insulated wires twisted together to form two circuits of two wires each.

  8. A quad antenna, a directional radio antenna consisting of multiple loop antennas.

  9. (informal)A quadruplet, one of four babies born during the same birth.

    one of four children born at the same time from the same pregnancy

  10. A kind of round-robin tournament between four players, where each participant plays every other participant once.

  11. (Mormonism)The Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price bound in a single volume.

  12. (attributive, slang)Of or relating to quads (four of a kind).

Examples

3 sentences
  1. That computer has a quad-core processor.

    ruВ этом компьютере — четырёхъядерный процессор.

    deDieser Computer hat einen Vierkernprozessor.

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  2. This phone has a quad-core processor.

    ruУ этого телефона четырёхъядерный процессор.

    deDieses Telefon hat einen Vierkernprozessor.

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  3. Tom and Mary sat in chairs on the quad, reading.

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Origin

Shortened, via clipping or abbreviation, from various English terms. Ultimately related to

Shortened, via clipping or abbreviation, from various English terms. Ultimately related to Latin quattuor (“4”); compare quadri-, quadruple.

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Forms

plural: quads
Singularquad
Pluralquads

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

16 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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