Quarter Meaning in English

word

US

/ˈkwɔɹtɝ/

KWOR-dur

UK

/kwˈɔːtɐ/

KWAW-tuh

परिभाषा

A quarter is one of four equal parts of something. It can also mean 15 minutes, one of the four three-month periods in a year, or an area of a town or city.

उपयोग और बारीकियां

Very common and highly context-dependent. In time, it appears in phrases like 'a quarter past three' and 'a quarter to five'. For business, 'quarter' often means a financial period. In everyday speech, 'a quarter of' is more common than 'one fourth of'.

• Spanish: cuarto - trimestre - barrio
• Portuguese (BR): quarto - trimestre - bairro
• Portuguese (PT): quarto - trimestre - bairro
• Chinese (Simplified): 四分之一 - 一刻钟 - 季度
• Chinese (Traditional): 四分之一 - 一刻鐘 - 季度
• Hindi: चौथाई - पंद्रह मिनट - तिमाही
• Arabic: رُبع - خمسة عشر دقيقة - ربع سنة
• Bengali: চতুর্থাংশ - পনেরো মিনিট - কোয়ার্টার (আর্থিক সময়কাল) - অঞ্চল (শহরের)
• Russian: четверть - квартал (финансовый период) - район (города)
• Japanese: 4分の1 - 15分 - 四半期 - 地区
• Vietnamese: một phần tư - mười lăm phút - quý (thời gian tài chính) - khu phố
• Korean: 4분의 1 - 15분 - 분기 - 지구 (도시)
• Turkish: çeyrek - çeyrek saat - çeyrek (yılın dörtte biri) - semt (şehir)
• Urdu: چوتھائی - پندرہ منٹ - سہ ماہی - علاقہ (شہر)
• Indonesian: seperempat - seperempat jam - kuartal (periode keuangan) - kawasan (kota)

उदाहरण वाक्य

I ate a quarter of the pizza.

basic

The meeting starts at a quarter past nine.

basic

Sales were better this quarter.

basic

We’re already a quarter of the way through the book.

natural

The café is in the old quarter of the city.

natural

Give me a quarter and I’ll be ready to go.

natural