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    ['kwɔːtə(r)] 1. n
    ( fourth part) ćwierć f; (US) ( coin) ćwierć f dolara; ( of year) kwartał m; ( of city) dzielnica f

    it's a quarter to 3, (US) it's a quarter of 3 — jest za kwadrans trzecia

    it's a quarter past 3, (US) it's a quarter after 3 — jest kwadrans po trzeciej

    2. vt
    ćwiartować (poćwiartować perf); ( MIL) ( lodge) zakwaterowywać (zakwaterować perf)
    * * *
    ['kwo:tə] 1. noun
    1) (one of four equal parts of something which together form the whole (amount) of the thing: There are four of us, so we'll cut the cake into quarters; It's (a) quarter past / (American) after four; In the first quarter of the year his firm made a profit; The shop is about a quarter of a mile away; an hour and a quarter; two and a quarter hours.) ćwiartka, kwadrans, kwartał
    2) (in the United States and Canada, (a coin worth) twenty-five cents, the fourth part of a dollar.) ćwierć dolara
    3) (a district or part of a town especially where a particular group of people live: He lives in the Polish quarter of the town.) dzielnica
    4) (a direction: People were coming at me from all quarters.) strona (świata)
    5) (mercy shown to an enemy.) łaska
    6) (the leg of a usually large animal, or a joint of meat which includes a leg: a quarter of beef; a bull's hindquarters.) ćwiartka
    7) (the shape of the moon at the end of the first and third weeks of its cycle; the first or fourth week of the cycle itself.) kwadra
    8) (one of four equal periods of play in some games.) kwarta
    9) (a period of study at a college etc usually 10 to 12 weeks in length.) trymestr
    2. verb
    1) (to cut into four equal parts: We'll quarter the cake and then we'll all have an equal share.) pokroić na cztery części
    2) (to divide by four: If we each do the work at the same time, we could quarter the time it would take to finish the job.) podzielić na cztery części
    3) (to give (especially a soldier) somewhere to stay: The soldiers were quartered all over the town.) zakwaterować
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    3. adverb
    (once every three months: We pay our electricity bill quarterly.) kwartalnie
    4. noun
    (a magazine etc which is published once every three months.) kwartalnik
    - quarter-deck
    - quarter-final
    - quarter-finalist
    - quartermaster
    - at close quarters

    English-Polish dictionary > quarter

См. также в других словарях:

  • quarter-hour — ► NOUN 1) (also quarter of an hour) a period of fifteen minutes. 2) a point of time fifteen minutes before or after a full hour of the clock …   English terms dictionary

  • quarter-hour — [kwôrt′ər our′] n. 1. fifteen minutes 2. the point marking the first quarter or third quarter of an hour …   English World dictionary

  • quarter hour — noun 1. a. : 15 minutes b. : any of the quarter points of an hour listened apprehensively as the clock chimed successive quarter hours 2. : an hour a week for an academic quarter devoted to class meetings compare semester hour * * * …   Useful english dictionary

  • quarter hour — noun Date: 1766 1. fifteen minutes 2. any of the quarter points of an hour 3. a unit of academic credit representing an hour of class (as lecture class) or three hours of laboratory work each week for an academic quarter …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • quarter-hour — noun 1》 (also quarter of an hour) a period of fifteen minutes. 2》 a point of time fifteen minutes before or after a full hour of the clock …   English new terms dictionary

  • quarter-hour — noun a quarter of an hour • Syn: ↑15 minutes • Hypernyms: ↑time unit, ↑unit of time • Part Holonyms: ↑hour, ↑hr, ↑60 minutes …   Useful english dictionary

  • quarter-hour — quar•ter hour [[t]ˈkwɔr tərˈaʊər, ˈaʊ ər[/t]] n. 1) hor a period of 15 minutes 2) hor a point 15 minutes after or before the hour • Etymology: 1880–85 …   From formal English to slang

  • quarter-hour — /kwawr teuhr oweur , ow euhr/, n. 1. a period of 15 minutes. 2. a point 15 minutes after or before the hour. [1880 85] * * * …   Universalium

  • quarter-hour — fifteen minutes …   English contemporary dictionary

  • quarter — 1. Practice varies in the hyphenation of quarter in compounds, and the following forms are recommended: quarter day, quarterdeck, quarter final, quarter hour (but a quarter of an hour), quarter light, quartermaster, quarter sessions. 2. The BrE… …   Modern English usage

  • quarter — ► NOUN 1) each of four equal or corresponding parts into which something is or can be divided. 2) a period of three months, used especially in reference to financial transactions. 3) a quarter hour. 4) a US or Canadian coin worth 25 cents. 5) one …   English terms dictionary

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