quarter Význam & definice

Význam quarter v češtině

• 0 one of four equal parts of something which together form the whole (amount) of the thing -- čtvrtina, čtvrt

  • 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.

• 1 in the United States and Canada, (a coin worth) twenty-five cents, the fourth part of a dollar. -- čtvrťák

• 2 a district or part of a town especially where a particular group of people live -- čtvrť

  • He lives in the Polish quarter of the town.

• 3 a direction -- strana, směr

  • People were coming at me from all quarters.

• 4 mercy shown to an enemy -- milost

  • They showed us no quarter.

• 5 the leg of a usually large animal, or a joint of meat which includes a leg -- čtvrtina

  • a quarter of beef

  • a bull’s hindquarters.

• 6 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. -- čtvrť

• 7 one of four equal periods of play in some games -- čtvrtina

  • In the second quarter of the game, the Bears quarterback was intercepted.

• 8 a period of study at a college etc, usually 10 to 12 weeks in length. -- trimestr

• 9 to cut into four equal parts -- (roz)čtvrtit

  • We’ll quarter the cake and then we’ll all have an equal share.

• 10 to divide by four -- dělit čtyřmi

  • If we each do the work at the same time, we could quarter the time it would take to finish the job.

• 11 to give (especially a soldier) somewhere to stay -- ubytovat

  • The soldiers were quartered all over the town.