Commentary: a United States coin worth one fourth of a dollar
Examples:
He fed four quarters into the slot machine.
I found a quarter in the street today a treated myself to some gum.
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WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 10
Commentary: fourth, fourth part, twenty-five percent, quartern - one of four equal parts
Examples:
A quarter of pound of beef cost me five dollars at that store.
The robbers split the loot into four and each took a quarter.
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WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Commentary: QUARTER[+event] one of four period of play into which some games are divided
Examples:
There were so many time-outs that the first quarter lasted two hours.
Both teams scored in the first quarter.
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WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 3
Commentary: a district of a city having some distinguishing character
Examples:
Our hotel was in the Latin Quarter.
The casbah is an older or native quarter of many cities in northern Africa.
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WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 2
Commentary: a unit of time equal to 15 minutes or a quarter of an hour
Examples:
It's a quarter til 4.
He didn't tell me until a quarter after four o'clock.
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WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 4
Commentary: QUARTER[+event] one of four periods into which the school year is divided
Examples:
The last quarter of my academic career will end in June.
The fall quarter ends at Christmas.
She was so sick that she missed the whole quarter.
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WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 5
Commentary: QUARTER[+event] a fourth part of a year; three months
Examples:
Unemployment fell during the last quarter.
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WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 6
Commentary: one of the four major divisions of the compass
Examples:
The wind is coming from that quarter.
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WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 7
Commentary: an unspecified person
Examples:
He dropped a word in the right quarter.
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WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 11
Commentary: stern, after part, poop - the rear part of a ship
Examples:
He was caught sleeping in the ship's quarter deck.
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WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 12
Commentary: piece of leather that comprises the part of a shoe or boot covering the heel and joining the vamp
Examples:
George borrowed my nail gun and now his shoe has one hole in the quarter.
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WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 13
Commentary: a quarter of a hundredweight
Examples:
A quarter can be either 25 or 28 pounds.
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WordNet 2.0 Sense Numbers: 8 9