quarters
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Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkwɔɹtɚz/, /ˈkɔɹtɚz/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkwɔːtəz/
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quarters
Noun edit
quarters
- (plural only, military) Housing, barracks or other habitation or living space. Compare cuarto.
- 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 1, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad[1]:
- “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.”
- (by extension) The place where someone or something lives
- 2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)[2]
- The local pet trade thrives on captured or orphaned baby macaques—often malnourished and kept in tight quarters.
- 2017, Jennifer S. Holland, For These Monkeys, It’s a Fight for Survival., National Geographic (March 2017)[2]
- A commonly played university drinking game in North America.
- Quarterfinals.
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housing, barracks
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Verb edit
quarters
- third-person singular simple present indicative of quarter
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quarters
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quarters