Synonym: after part, billet, canton, draw, draw and quarter, fourth, fourth part, one-fourth, poop, quartern, stern, tail, twenty-five percent. Similar words: quarterback, headquarters, starter, charter, square, quarrel with, repartee, earthquake. Meaning: ['kwɔrtə(r) /'kwɔːtə] n. 1. one of four equal parts 2. a district of a city having some distinguishing character 3. one of four periods of play into which some games are divided 4. a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour 5. one of four periods into which the school year is divided 6. a fourth part of a year; three months 7. one of the four major division of the compass 8. a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds) 9. a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds) 10. a United States coin worth one fourth of a dollar 11. an unspecified person 12. the rear part of a ship 13. piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp 14. clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent. v. 1. provide housing for (military personnel) 2. pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him 3. divide into quarters 4. divide by four; divide into quarters.
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1. It's a quarter to two.
2. It's a quarter till two.
3. A quarter of current inmates have committed violent crimes.
4. He declined to make projections about fourth quarter earnings.
5. It's a quarter past three.
6. We took a brief walk around the old quarter.
7. It's a quarter of two.
8. Yesterday(sentencedict.com), I had breakfast at a quarter past seven.
9. The clothes should soak for a quarter before washing.
10. It's about a page and a quarter.
11. Profits fell during the third quarter.
12. It's a quarter after three.3.15.
13. Help came from a most unexpected quarter.
14. A quarter of the local workforce is unemployed.
15. What's the quarter of sixteen?
16. The programme lasted an hour and a quarter.
17. The company is planning to shed about a quarter of its workforce.
18. The company lost $7 million this quarter in contrast to a profit of $6.2 million a year earlier.
19. They walked a quarter of a mile down the mountainside.
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20. A quarter of the contents of an average family's dustbin is organic matter.
21. Only a quarter of registered voters actually voted in the election.
22. Alan dropped another quarter into the slot on the pay phone.
23. Road accident victims make up almost a quarter of the hospital's patients.
24. A quarter of the residents are over 55 years old.
25. I'll meet you at a quarter past five.
26. I'll meet you at a quarter past ten.
27. I get an electricity bill every quarter.
28. From which quarter is the wind blowing?
29. Second quarter sales stood at £18 billion.
30. It was a quarter to six.
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