quarter

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Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun one of four equal parts
  2. noun a district of a city having some distinguishing character
  3. noun (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided

Etymology

From Middle English quarter, from Anglo-Norman quarter, from Latin quartarius, from quartus. Compare Spanish cuarto (“room, quarters; quarter”). Doublet of quartier.

In classic literature

Synonyms

one-fourth, fourth, one-quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent, quartern

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