Meaning

3 senses

  1. (not comparable)Pertaining to an aspect of a quarter.

  2. (not comparable)Consisting of a fourth part, a quarter (¹⁄₄, 25%).

    a quarter hour; a quarter century; a quarter note; a quarter pound

  3. (not comparable)Related to a three-month term, a quarter of a year.

    A quarter day is one terminating a quarter of the year.

    A quarter session is one held quarterly at the end of a quarter.

Examples

308 sentences

  1. It's quarter to eight now.

    Зараз чверть на восьму. — deniko

    ruСейчас без четверти восемь. — marafon

    deEs ist jetzt Viertel vor acht. — Manfredo

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  2. It's a quarter to two.

    Зараз чверть на другу. — deniko

    ruСейчас без пятнадцати два. — marafon

    deEs ist Viertel vor zwei. — Espi

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  3. It happened at a quarter past eleven.

    Це трапилося об одинадцятій п'ятнадцять. — deniko

    ruЭто произошло в одиннадцать пятнадцать. — marafon

    deEs ist um Viertel nach elf passiert. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. I have my supper at a quarter past seven.

    Я вечеряю о чверті по сьомій. — iskra

    ruЯ ужинаю в семь пятнадцать. — joulin

    deIch esse um 19:15 Uhr zu Abend. — dima555

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  5. It's a quarter past eight.

    Зараз чверть по восьмій. — deniko

    ruСейчас четверть девятого. — marafon

    deEs ist Viertel nach acht. — Tamy

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Origin

From Middle English quarter, from Anglo-Norman quarter, from Latin quartarius, from quartu

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

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Antonyms

1 antonyms
quadruple

Word family

15 related words
Derivedquarter-milerquarter blanketquarter bottlequarter crackquarter dayquarter horsequarter-hourquarter-milequarter moonquarter notequarter polequarter seamquarter sessionquarter sovereignquarter waiter

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

4 patterns
  • a quarter past
  • to your quarters
  • quarter past
  • to my quarters

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
quartquarterbackquarterly

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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