{
    "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’."
}