quarters
housing available for people to live in
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,470 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,904 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- housing available for people to live in also: living quarters he found quarters for his familyI visited his bachelor quarters
quarters 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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Ah! by George, there's the quarters chiming.
Under Two Flags · Ouida · Chapter 1
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Great anxiety is felt in many quarters about the modern novel.
The Novel and the Common School · Charles Dudley Warner · Chapter 1
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And the kitchens, stewards' compartments, and the living quarters of the crew.
Brigands of the Moon · Ray Cummings · Chapter 1
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Hordes of men of all ages, in startling clothes, appear in all quarters.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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Finding he had taken up his quarters at the Garter, he sent for him and proposed the matter.
Windsor Castle · William Harrison Ainsworth · Chapter 1