# quarters

Pronunciation: US say "KWOR-turz" /ˈkwɔɹtɚz/; UK say "KWAW-tuhz" /ˈkwɔːtəz/

## Noun

1. Housing or living space, including barracks, set aside for people such as soldiers or staff.
   - Simple: A place where people live, such as rooms or buildings for soldiers or workers.
   - _The crew were confined to cramped quarters below deck._
   - _Officers were assigned more spacious quarters near the command post._
2. Plural of quarter. — plural of quarter.
   - Simple: Plural of quarter. Use this when talking about more than one quarter.
   - _The pie was sliced into even quarters before serving._
   - _Two quarters of the fiscal year had already passed._
3. The place or shelter where a person or animal lives.
   - Simple: The place where a person or animal makes its home.
   - _The diplomats took up quarters in the embassy's east wing._
   - _The bears returned to their winter quarters in the cave._
5. The quarterfinal round of a tournament, the stage with eight competitors still in contention.
   - Simple: The round of a contest with eight teams or players left, just before the semifinals.
   - _The defending champion crashed out in the quarters._
   - _Two seeded players met early, in the quarters rather than the final._
6. A drinking game popular at North American universities, in which players take turns bouncing a coin off a table into a glass.
   - Simple: A drinking game played at colleges in North America, where players bounce a coin into a cup.
   - _After exams, the students gathered for a noisy round of quarters._
   - _She challenged her roommate to a game of quarters._

## Verb

4. Third-person singular simple present indicative of quarter. — third-person singular simple present indicative of quarter
   - Simple: The form of quarter used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.
   - _The butcher quarters the carcass with a heavy cleaver._
   - _Each fall the regiment quarters its soldiers in the town._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/quarters (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).