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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkwɔɹtɚz/, /ˈkɔɹtɚz/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkwɔːtəz/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
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Noun
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- (plural only, military) Housing, barracks or other habitation or living space. Compare cuarto.
- 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 1, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad[1]:
- “I have visited my quarters, and find them very comfortable. […] Steerage is like everything else maritime […] vastly improved since Robert Louis Stevenson took his trip third class to New York.”
- (by extension) The place where someone or something lives
- 2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)[2]
- The local pet trade thrives on captured or orphaned baby macaques—often malnourished and kept in tight quarters.
- 2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)[2]
- A commonly played university drinking game in North America.
- Quarterfinals.
Derived terms
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[edit]housing, barracks
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Verb
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- third-person singular simple present indicative of quarter
Catalan
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French
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Middle English
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