quarters

quarters

English

Pronunciation

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

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Noun

quarters

1. plural of quarter.
2. (plural only, military) Housing, barracks or other habitation or living space. Compare cuarto.
   • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 1, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎:

     “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.”

3. (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)

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

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

Translations

housing, barracks

Dutch: vertrekken (nl) pl German: Wohnraum (de) m

Spanish: acuartelamiento (es) m

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French

Noun

quarters m

1. plural of quarter