quarters

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɔɹtɚz/, /ˈkɔɹtɚz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkwɔːtəz/

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Noun

quarters

1. plural of quarter.

Noun

quarters

1. (plural only, originally military) Housing, barracks, or other habitation or living space.
   • 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.”

   • 2022 September 19, HarryBlank, “Beyond Repair”, in SCP Foundation‎^[2], archived from the original on 15 September 2024:

     "Yeah." It was him, alright; if the world's weariest pair of workboots hadn't tipped her off, his world-weary voice certainly would have. "Where were you?"
     "My quarters. We've got a full ticket set today, and techs work best without oversight." Neither of these things was untrue, though the curation was more than a little dishonest.
     "Maybe yours do." Nascimbeni rolled out, back flat against a neon orange creeper, and sat up with an audible wince. "Mine fuck the dog."

2. (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)[3]

     The local pet trade thrives on captured or orphaned baby macaques—often malnourished and kept in tight quarters.

3. A commonly played university drinking game in North America.
4. Quarterfinals.

Derived terms

• beat to quarters
• close quarters
• cross-quarters
• general quarters
• living quarters
• servants' quarters
• sleeping quarters
• three quarters
• winter quarters

 

Translations

housing, barracks

• Dutch: vertrekken (nl) pl
• German: Wohnraum (de) m, Quartier (de) n
• Plautdietsch: Wonunk f
• Spanish: acuartelamiento (es) m

Verb

quarters

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of quarter

Catalan

Noun

quarters

1. plural of quarter

French

Noun

quarters m

1. plural of quarter

Middle English

Noun

quarters

1. plural of quarter