Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To play the position of quarterback.

    play the quarterback

  2. (broadly, figuratively, transitive)To lead a team or group; to be primarily responsible for some group project or activity.

Examples

20 sentences

  1. I'm the quarterback of the team.

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  2. Our team needs a new quarterback.

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  3. Our team has a new quarterback.

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  4. Tom plays quarterback on our high school's football team.

    ruТом играет распасовщиком в футбольной команде нашего университета. — venticello

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  5. Tom is our starting quarterback.

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Origin

From quarter + back, in reference to the position in front of the halfback position.

From quarter + back, in reference to the position in front of the halfback position.

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Forms

quarterbacks, quarterbacking, quarterbacked, quarterbacked
Base formquarterback · to quarterback
3rd person singularquarterbacks
Present participlequarterbacking
Past simplequarterbacked
Past participlequarterbacked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyquarterback
he, she, itquarterbacks

Past simpleLesson

all personsquarterbacked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave quarterbacked
he, she, ithas quarterbacked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill quarterback

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
quartquarterA1quarterlyquartet
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