quarters
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkwɔɹtɚz/, /ˈkɔɹtɚz/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkwɔːtəz/
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Noun
quarters
- plural of quarter.
- (plural only, military) Housing, barracks or other habitation or living space. Compare cuarto.
- 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 1, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
- “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.”
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- (by extension) The place where someone or something lives
- A commonly played university drinking game in North America.
- Quarterfinals.
Translations
housing, barracks
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