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If the number or size of something is q________, it is reduced to about a quarter of its previous number or size.If the number or size of something is quartered, it is reduced to about a quarter of its previous number or size.
The doses I suggested for adults could be halved or quartered.
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A quarter is one of four equal parts of something.
A quarter of the residents are over 55 years old.
I've got to go in a quarter of an hour.
Prices have fallen by a quarter since January.
Cut the peppers into quarters.
The largest asteroid is Ceres, which is about a quarter the size of the moon.
...the past quarter century.
He closed his door and started the quarter-mile walk down the hill.
noun
A quarter is a fixed period of three months. Companies often divide their financial year into four quarters.
The group said results for the third quarter are due on October 29.
When you are telling the time, you use quarter to talk about the fifteen minutes before or after an hour . For example, 8.15 is quarter past eight, and 8.45 is quarter to nine . In American English, you can also say that 8.15 is a quarter after eight and 8.45 is a quarter of nine.
It was quarter to six.
See you about quarter to nine.
I got a call at a quarter of seven one night.
Nobody else turned up till a quarter past ten.
The time was recorded at a quarter after five.
A quarter is an American or Canadian coin that is worth 25 cents.
I dropped a quarter into the slot of the pay phone.
A particular quarter of a town is a part of the town where a particular group of people traditionally live or work.
Look for hotels in the French Quarter.
To refer to a person or group you may not want to name, you can talk about the reactions or actions from a particular quarter .
Help came from an unexpected quarter.
The pharmaceuticals industry is regarded with scepticism in some quarters.
The rooms provided for soldiers, sailors, or servants to live in are called their quarters .
Mckinnon went down from deck to the officers' quarters.
verb
If you quarter something such as a fruit or a vegetable, you cut it into four roughly equal parts.
Chop the mushrooms and quarter the tomatoes.
If the number or size of something is quartered, it is reduced to about a quarter of its previous number or size.
The doses I suggested for adults could be halved or quartered.
If people are quartered somewhere, they are provided with accommodation for a short time, usually while they are working away from home.
Our soldiers are quartered in Peredelkino.
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