quarter

I 1. ['kwɔːtə(r)]

nome

1) (one fourth) quarto m.

a quarter of a hectare — un quarto di ettaro

2) (15 minutes)

quarter of an hour — quarto d'ora

3) (three months) trimestre m.

4) (district) quartiere m.

5) (group) ambiente m., settore m.

don't expect help from that quarter — non aspettarti alcun aiuto da quella parte

6) (mercy) lett.

to give no quarter — non dare quartiere a

7) AE (25 cents) quarto m. di dollaro

8) metrol. GB = unità di misura di peso equivalente a 113,4 g; US = unità di misura di peso equivalente a 12,7 kg

9) gastr.

quarter of beef — quarto di bue

10) mar.

on the port quarter — a sinistra

on the starboard quarter — a tribordo o a destra

11) at close quarters da vicino

to fight at close quarters — combattere corpo a corpo

2.

nome plurale quarters mil. quartieri m., alloggiamento m.sing.

to take up quarters — acquartierarsi

we're living in very cramped quarters — viviamo allo stretto

3.

pronome

1) (25%) quarto m.

2) (in time phrases)

at (a) quarter to 9 — BE

at a quarter of 9 — AE alle nove meno un quarto

an hour and a quarter — un'ora e un quarto

3) (in age)

she's ten and a quarter — ha dieci anni e tre mesi

4.

aggettivo

a quarter century — un quarto di secolo

a quarter mile — un quarto di miglio

5.

avverbio

a quarter full — pieno fino a un quarto

a quarter as big — grande un quarto

quarter the price — un quarto del prezzo

II ['kwɔːtə(r)]

verbo transitivo

1) (divide into four) dividere in quattro (parti) [cake, apple]

2) (accommodate) acquartierare [troops]; alloggiare [people]; trovare un riparo per [livestock]

3) stor. (torture) squartare [prisoner]

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['kwo:tə] 1. noun

1) (one of four equal parts of something which together form the whole (amount) of the thing: There are four of us, so we'll cut the cake into quarters; It's (a) quarter past / (American) after four; In the first quarter of the year his firm made a profit; The shop is about a quarter of a mile away; an hour and a quarter; two and a quarter hours.) quarto

2) (in the United States and Canada, (a coin worth) twenty-five cents, the fourth part of a dollar.) (moneta da venticinque centesimi), (quarto di dollaro)

3) (a district or part of a town especially where a particular group of people live: He lives in the Polish quarter of the town.) quartiere

4) (a direction: People were coming at me from all quarters.) parte, direzione

5) (mercy shown to an enemy.) grazia

6) (the leg of a usually large animal, or a joint of meat which includes a leg: a quarter of beef; a bull's hindquarters.) quarto

7) (the shape of the moon at the end of the first and third weeks of its cycle; the first or fourth week of the cycle itself.) quarto

8) (one of four equal periods of play in some games.) tempo

9) (a period of study at a college etc usually 10 to 12 weeks in length.) trimestre

2. verb

1) (to cut into four equal parts: We'll quarter the cake and then we'll all have an equal share.) dividere in quattro

2) (to divide by four: If we each do the work at the same time, we could quarter the time it would take to finish the job.) dividere in quattro

3) (to give (especially a soldier) somewhere to stay: The soldiers were quartered all over the town.) acquartierare, alloggiare

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- quarterly

3. adverb

(once every three months: We pay our electricity bill quarterly.) trimestralmente

4. noun

(a magazine etc which is published once every three months.) pubblicazione trimestrale

- quarters

- quarter-deck
- quarter-final
- quarter-finalist
- quartermaster
- at close quarters

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I 1. ['kwɔːtə(r)]

nome

1) (one fourth) quarto m.

a quarter of a hectare — un quarto di ettaro

2) (15 minutes)

quarter of an hour — quarto d'ora

3) (three months) trimestre m.

4) (district) quartiere m.

5) (group) ambiente m., settore m.

don't expect help from that quarter — non aspettarti alcun aiuto da quella parte

6) (mercy) lett.

to give no quarter — non dare quartiere a

7) AE (25 cents) quarto m. di dollaro

8) metrol. GB = unità di misura di peso equivalente a 113,4 g; US = unità di misura di peso equivalente a 12,7 kg

9) gastr.

quarter of beef — quarto di bue

10) mar.

on the port quarter — a sinistra

on the starboard quarter — a tribordo o a destra

11) at close quarters da vicino

to fight at close quarters — combattere corpo a corpo

2.

nome plurale quarters mil. quartieri m., alloggiamento m.sing.

to take up quarters — acquartierarsi

we're living in very cramped quarters — viviamo allo stretto

3.

pronome

1) (25%) quarto m.

2) (in time phrases)

at (a) quarter to 9 — BE

at a quarter of 9 — AE alle nove meno un quarto

an hour and a quarter — un'ora e un quarto

3) (in age)

she's ten and a quarter — ha dieci anni e tre mesi

4.

aggettivo

a quarter century — un quarto di secolo

a quarter mile — un quarto di miglio

5.

avverbio

a quarter full — pieno fino a un quarto

a quarter as big — grande un quarto

quarter the price — un quarto del prezzo

II ['kwɔːtə(r)]

verbo transitivo

1) (divide into four) dividere in quattro (parti) [cake, apple]

2) (accommodate) acquartierare [troops]; alloggiare [people]; trovare un riparo per [livestock]

3) stor. (torture) squartare [prisoner]