Quarter (Noun)
Meaning 1
A quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds).
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
A district of a city having some distinguishing character; "the Latin Quarter".
Classification
Nouns denoting spatial position.
Examples
- The city's financial quarter was filled with towering skyscrapers and busy streets.
- The artists' quarter was known for its bohemian vibe and eclectic galleries.
- Visitors flocked to the historic quarter to see the ancient buildings and landmarks.
- The university quarter was always bustling with students rushing to and from classes.
- The city's old quarter was a maze of narrow streets and picturesque alleys.
Hyponyms
Meaning 3
Clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent; "he surrendered but asked for quarter".
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Hypernyms
Meaning 4
An unspecified person; "he dropped a word in the right quarter".
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Hypernyms
Meaning 5
The rear part of a ship.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Meaning 6
A United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar; "he fed four quarters into the slot machine".
Classification
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession.
Meaning 7
A quarter of a hundredweight (25 pounds).
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Meaning 8
Piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Meaning 9
(football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided; "both teams scored in the first quarter".
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
Examples
- The basketball game was intense from the opening whistle of the first quarter.
- In the second quarter of the football game, the score was still tied.
- Both teams struggled to find their rhythm in the third quarter of the playoffs.
- By the end of the fourth quarter, the crowd was on the edge of their seats as the teams battled for victory.
- A critical mistake in the first quarter came back to haunt the home team by the end of the game.
Hypernyms
Meaning 10
One of the four major division of the compass; "the wind is coming from that quarter".
Classification
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas.
Meaning 11
A unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour; "it's a quarter til 4"; "a quarter after 4 o'clock".
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
Hypernyms
Meaning 12
One of four periods into which the school year is divided; "the fall quarter ends at Christmas".
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
Hypernyms
Meaning 13
A fourth part of a year; three months; "unemployment fell during the last quarter".
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
Hypernyms
Related Words
Meaning 14
One of four equal parts; "a quarter of a pound".
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- A quarter of the students in the class were absent that day.
- The recipe calls for a quarter of a cup of sugar.
- The bookshelf occupies a quarter of the wall space in the room.
- A quarter of the city's population lives below the poverty line.
- She ate a quarter of the pizza by herself during the movie.