Definition: 1. One of four equal parts. 2. A district of a city having some distinguishing character. 3. One of four periods of play into which some games are divided. 4. A unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour.
Use 'quarter' in a sentence:
1. We should quarter the pineapple.
2. Cut the apple into quarters.
3. He scored late in the third quarter to cut the gap to 10 points.
4. Still to come, the financial news and the weather at a quarter to two.
5. I've got to go in a quarter of an hour.
6. Lopez breezed into the quarter-finals of the tournament.
7. Within a quarter of an hour, the coldness of the night had gone.
8. It's (a) quarter to four now—I'll meet you at (a) quarter past.
9. Nowitzki fouled Mitchell early in the third quarter.
10. You can watch aircraft take off or land at close quarters.
11. I got a call at quarter of seven one night.
12. A third of respondents said they would text back within a quarter of an hour, with only five percent saying they'd wait as long as two hours.
13. The theatre was about three quarters full.
14. It's quarter to four now ─ I'll meet you at quarter past.
15. I dropped a quarter into the slot of the pay phone.
16. It's quarter of four now ─ I'll meet you at quarter after.
17. The idea met with a cool response from various quarters.
18. His rivals knew that they could expect no quarter from such a ruthless adversary.
19. The group said results for the third quarter are due on October 29.
20. We wandered through the Chinese quarter.
21. The first quarter dividend has been increased by nearly 4 percent.
22. She peeled and quartered an apple.
23. The US trade deficit grew to just under $30 billion in the third quarter.
24. It is the only one of the three companies expected to show a profit for the quarter.
25. The largest asteroid is Ceres, which is about a quarter the size of the moon.
26. The first quarter dividend has been increased by nearly 4 per cent.
27. He predicted sales will fall 2 per cent to 6 per cent in the second quarter.
28. A quarter of a million refugees roved around the country.
29. Promptly at a quarter past seven, we left the hotel.
30. The time was recorded at a quarter after five.
31. Sales for this quarter have dipped from 38.7 million to 33 million.
32. He has the backing of almost a quarter of the electorate.
33. The programme lasted an hour and a quarter.
34. It was a quarter to six.
35. The quarter of an hour passed very slowly, but at last he heard the clock striking the four quarters.
36. Support for the plan came from an unexpected quarter.
37. A quarter of the residents are over 55 years old.
38. A quarter of current inmates have committed violent crimes.
39. The company lost$ 7 million this quarter in contrast to a profit of$ 6.2 million a year earlier.
40. The moon is in its first quarter.
41. We surveyed 500 smokers and found that over three quarters would like to give up.
42. A quarter of all the people surveyed were don't-knows.
43. The news was greeted with dismay in some quarters.
44. August registrations have gone ballistic, accounting now for a quarter of the annual total.
45. A quarter of 4-year-olds frequently wet the bed.
46. Prices have fallen by a quarter since January.
47. Hourly output by workers declined 1.3% in the first quarter.
48. We were moved to more comfortable living quarters.
