quarter
one of four equal parts
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,314 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 13,931 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.007% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- one of four equal parts also: one-fourth, fourth, one-quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent, quartern a quarter of a pound
- a district of a city having some distinguishing character the Latin Quarter
- (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided both teams scored in the first quarter
- a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour it's a quarter til 4a quarter after 4 o'clock
- one of four periods into which the school year is divided the fall quarter ends at Christmas
- a fourth part of a year; three months unemployment fell during the last quarter
quarter in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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All her quarter and what was there, was free and dry.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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The performance will commence with the Overture at a quarter past Seven.
Representative Plays by American Dramatists — Love in '76 · Oliver Bell Bunce · Chapter 1
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Molly Scraggs was a cook in a first-rate family, in the most aristocratic quarter of the metropolis.
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1
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At the lower board sat the youngsters, under the surveillance of Katty's sister, who presided in that quarter.
The Station · William Carleton · Chapter 1
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By leading the Canal directly through this pond, at least a quarter of a mile of excavation will be avoided.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1