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{
"term": "quarter",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "one of four equal parts of something",
"sensetop": "quarter of something",
"labels": "especially in North American English(especially North American English)",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **quarter of an hour/a century**",
"contextForm": "quarter of something"
},
{
"text": "a quarter of a mile/million"
},
{
"text": "Almost a quarter of respondents reported employment discrimination."
},
{
"text": "three quarters of all potential customers"
},
{
"text": "The programme lasted an hour and a quarter."
},
{
"text": "Cut the apple into quarters."
},
{
"text": "The theatre was about three quarters full."
},
{
"text": "He completed his last work a quarter century ago."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verb + quarter": [
"break something into quarters",
"cut something into quarters",
"divide something into quarters"
],
"preposition": ["quarter of"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a period of 15 minutes either before or after every hour",
"labels": "(North American English also)",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "It’s (a) quarter to four now—I’ll meet you at (a) quarter past."
},
{
"text": "It's quarter of four now—I'll meet you at quarter after."
}
],
"topics": ["Time"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a period of three months, used especially as a period for which bills are paid or a company’s income is calculated",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The rent is due at the end of each quarter."
},
{
"text": "Our gas bill for the last quarter was much higher than usual."
},
{
"text": "Sales were down 10% in the first quarter of 2024."
},
{
"text": "Profits fell during the third quarter."
},
{
"text": "the current fiscal quarter"
},
{
"text": "six consecutive quarters of improved earnings"
}
],
"topics": ["Time"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["first", "second", "third"],
"preposition": ["during the quarter"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a district or part of a town",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the historic quarter of the city"
},
{
"text": "As a student in Paris, she loved the Latin quarter."
},
{
"text": "The robbery took place in a normally quiet quarter of the town."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["historic", "old", "Arab"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "a person or group of people, especially as a source of help, information or a reaction",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Support for the plan came from an unexpected quarter."
},
{
"text": "The news was greeted with dismay **in some quarters**."
},
{
"text": "The move was met with complaints **from all quarters** *(= from everyone)*."
},
{
"text": "The problem was being discussed in all quarters."
},
{
"text": "There was no comment from official quarters on the allegations."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "a coin of the US and Canada worth 25 cents",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Money"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "rooms that are provided for soldiers, servants, etc. to live in",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We were moved to more comfortable **living quarters**."
},
{
"text": "the servants'/officers' quarters"
},
{
"text": "He was confined to quarters as a punishment."
},
{
"text": "The corporal and his family lived in married quarters."
},
{
"text": "the president's private quarters"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["comfortable", "spacious", "confined"],
"verb + quarters": ["be confined to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 8,
"definition": "the period of time twice a month when we can see a quarter of the moon",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The moon is in its first quarter."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["first", "second", "third"],
"preposition": ["during the quarter"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 9,
"definition": "one of the four periods of time into which a game of American football is divided",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Ford scored the winning touchdown early in the fourth quarter."
}
],
"topics": ["Sports: ball and racket sports"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["first", "second", "third"],
"preposition": ["during the quarter"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 10,
"definition": "a unit for measuring weight, a quarter of a pound; 4 ounces",
"labels": "(British English)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": 11,
"definition": "a unit for measuring weight, 28 pounds in the UK or 25 pounds in the US; a quarter of a hundredweight",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": 12,
"definition": "kind treatment of an enemy or opponent who is in your power",
"labels": "(literary)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "His rivals knew that they could expect no quarter from such a ruthless adversary."
}
],
"synonyms": "mercy"
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "very near",
"examples": [
{
"text": "fighting at close quarters"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkwɔːtə(r)/",
"audio": "qu/quarter/quarter__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkwɔːrtər/",
"audio": "qu/quarter/quarter__us_3.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French quartier, from Latin quartarius ‘fourth part of a measure’, from quartus ‘fourth’, from quattuor ‘four’."
}