Engelsk navneord: quarter | |||
1. | quarter (om mængde el. mål) one of four equal parts | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | A quarter of a pound. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | fourth, fourth part, one-fourth, one-quarter, quartern, twenty-five percent | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | common fraction, simple fraction | ||
2. | quarter (om sted) a district of a city having some distinguishing character | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The Latin Quarter. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | city district | ||
Mere specifikke termer | barrio, casbah, ghetto, kasbah, medina, skid road | ||
3. | quarter (om tid) (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Both teams scored in the first quarter. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | division, part, section | ||
Omfatter disse overordnede termer | period of play, play, playing period | ||
Overordnet emneområde | football, football game, professional basketball | ||
4. | quarter (om tid) a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | It's a quarter til 4. A quarter after 4 o'clock. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | time unit, unit of time | ||
Omfatter disse overordnede termer | 60 minutes, hour, hr | ||
5. | quarter (om tid) one of four periods into which the school year is divided | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The fall quarter ends at Christmas. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | academic session, academic term, school term, session | ||
Omfatter disse overordnede termer | academic year, school year | ||
6. | quarter (om tid) a fourth part of a year; three months | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Unemployment fell during the last quarter. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | period, period of time, time period | ||
7. | quarter one of the four major division of the compass | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The wind is coming from that quarter. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | orientation | ||
8. | quarter (om mængde el. mål) a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds) | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | avoirdupois unit | ||
Omfatter disse specifikke termer | lb, pound, stone | ||
Omfatter disse overordnede termer | cental, centner, cwt, hundredweight, quintal, short hundredweight | ||
9. | quarter (om mængde el. mål) a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds) | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | British capacity unit, Imperial capacity unit | ||
Omfatter disse specifikke termer | bushel | ||
Omfatter disse overordnede termer | cwt, hundredweight, long hundredweight | ||
Overordnet (geografisk) region | Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | ||
10. | quarter (om forhold) a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He fed four quarters into the slot machine. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | coin | ||
11. | quarter (om person) an unspecified person | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He dropped a word in the right quarter. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | ||
12. | quarter (om genstand) the rear part of a ship | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | after part, poop, stern, tail | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | back, rear | ||
Omfatter disse specifikke termer | escutcheon, skeg | ||
Omfatter disse overordnede termer | ship | ||
13. | quarter (om genstand) piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | piece of leather | ||
Omfatter disse overordnede termer | upper | ||
14. | quarter (om handling) clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He surrendered but asked for quarter. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | clemency, mercifulness, mercy | ||
Engelsk udsagnsord: quarter | |||
1. | quarter (om tilstand) provide housing for (military personnel) | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | billet, canton | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | accommodate, lodge | ||
Overordnet emneområde | armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | ||
2. | quarter (om adfærd) pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | In the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | draw, draw and quarter | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | kill | ||
3. | quarter (om relation) divide into quarters | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Quarter an apple. | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | section, segment | ||
4. | quarter (om erkendelse) divide by four; divide into quarters | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | divide, fraction | ||
Overordnet emneområde | arithmetic | ||