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English noun: quarter | |||
| 1. | quarter (quantity) one of four equal parts | ||
| Samples | A quarter of a pound. | ||
| Synonyms | fourth, fourth part, one-fourth, one-quarter, quartern, twenty-five percent | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | common fraction, simple fraction | ||
| 2. | quarter (location) a district of a city having some distinguishing character | ||
| Samples | The Latin Quarter. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | city district | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | barrio, casbah, ghetto, kasbah, medina, skid road | ||
| 3. | quarter (time) (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided | ||
| Samples | Both teams scored in the first quarter. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | division, part, section | ||
| Part meronym | period of play, play, playing period | ||
| Domain category | football, football game, professional basketball | ||
| 4. | quarter (time) a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour | ||
| Samples | It's a quarter til 4. A quarter after 4 o'clock. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | time unit, unit of time | ||
| Part meronym | 60 minutes, hour, hr | ||
| 5. | quarter (time) one of four periods into which the school year is divided | ||
| Samples | The fall quarter ends at Christmas. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | academic session, academic term, school term, session | ||
| Part meronym | academic year, school year | ||
| 6. | quarter (time) a fourth part of a year; three months | ||
| Samples | Unemployment fell during the last quarter. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | period, period of time, time period | ||
| 7. | quarter one of the four major division of the compass | ||
| Samples | The wind is coming from that quarter. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | orientation | ||
| 8. | quarter (quantity) a quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | avoirdupois unit | ||
| Part holonym | lb, pound, stone | ||
| Part meronym | cental, centner, cwt, hundredweight, quintal, short hundredweight | ||
| 9. | quarter (quantity) a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | British capacity unit, Imperial capacity unit | ||
| Part holonym | bushel | ||
| Part meronym | cwt, hundredweight, long hundredweight | ||
| Domain region | Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | ||
| 10. | quarter (possession) a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar | ||
| Samples | He fed four quarters into the slot machine. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | coin | ||
| 11. | quarter (person) an unspecified person | ||
| Samples | He dropped a word in the right quarter. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | ||
| 12. | quarter (artifact) the rear part of a ship | ||
| Synonyms | after part, poop, stern, tail | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | back, rear | ||
| Part holonym | escutcheon, skeg | ||
| Part meronym | ship | ||
| 13. | quarter (artifact) piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | piece of leather | ||
| Part meronym | upper | ||
| 14. | quarter (act) clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent | ||
| Samples | He surrendered but asked for quarter. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | clemency, mercifulness, mercy | ||
English verb: quarter | |||
| 1. | quarter (stative) provide housing for (military personnel) | ||
| Synonyms | billet, canton | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | accommodate, lodge | ||
| Domain category | armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | ||
| 2. | quarter (social) pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him | ||
| Samples | In the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes. | ||
| Synonyms | draw, draw and quarter | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | kill | ||
| 3. | quarter (contact) divide into quarters | ||
| Samples | Quarter an apple. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | section, segment | ||
| 4. | quarter (cognition) divide by four; divide into quarters | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | divide, fraction | ||
| Domain category | arithmetic | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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