Betekenis van:
quarter
quarter
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- het redden v.h. eigen leven
- 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"
Hyperoniemen
quarter
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- periode van drie maanden
- a fourth part of a year; three months
"unemployment fell during the last quarter"
Hyperoniemen
quarter
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- Nederlandse munt van 25 cent; kwartje
- a United States or Canadian coin worth one fourth of a dollar
"he fed four quarters into the slot machine"
Hyperoniemen
quarter
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- vijftien minuten; kwartier
- 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"
Hyperoniemen
quarter
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent
"he surrendered but asked for quarter"
Hyperoniemen
quarter
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games are divided
"both teams scored in the first quarter"
Hyperoniemen
quarter
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- one of four periods into which the school year is divided
"the fall quarter ends at Christmas"
Hyperoniemen
quarter
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- one of the four major division of the compass
"the wind is coming from that quarter"
Hyperoniemen
quarter
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- an unspecified person
"he dropped a word in the right quarter"
Hyperoniemen
quarter
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- vierde, kwart
- one of four equal parts
"a quarter of a pound"
Synoniemen
Hyperoniemen
quarter
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- hielstuk
- piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
Hyperoniemen
quarter
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- a quarter of a hundredweight (28 pounds)
Hyperoniemen
to quarter
Werkwoord
- in vieren delen
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
"in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes"
Synoniemen
Hyperoniemen
to quarter
Werkwoord
- van militairen
- pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him
"in the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes"
Synoniemen
Hyperoniemen
to quarter
Werkwoord
- het gelegerd worden of zijn
- provide housing for (military personnel)
Synoniemen
Hyperoniemen
to quarter
Werkwoord
- een verblijfplaats verschaffen
- provide housing for (military personnel)
Synoniemen
Hyperoniemen
Voorbeeldzinnen
- It's quarter to two.
- It's a quarter to three.
- It's a quarter past nine.
- It's a quarter till two.
- It's quarter to eight now.
- Tom is a quarter back.
- It's a quarter to two.
- It’s a quarter past eight.
- It has gone a quarter.
- It happened at a quarter past eleven.
- Sales fell off in the third quarter.
- He'll come at quarter past three.
- Statements will be mailed every quarter.
- Companies paid their taxes every quarter.
- This clock strikes the quarter hour.