to quarter
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6.8
- verb
- /ˈkwɔrtər/
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- Hotels don't come any grander or more luxurious than the Crillon, where the top American brass had been quartered during the peace negotiations after the First World War.
I mean, we have right now United States soldiers and service members, you know, we have guardsmen quartered in our capital.
- I mean, we have right now United States soldiers and service members, you know, we have guardsmen quartered in our capital.
Examples
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The group won support within the Red Army garrison quartered in the Kremlin, a company of which had to be transferred to Smolensk.
Blog text (4) -
Before the military coup of 1964, the military police forces were quartered in the large urban centers and did not patrol the streets.
Academic text (1999) -
We begin right here in the hotel, right where my soldiers are quartered.
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As captain of your guard, you will send one hundred loyal men quartered in the palace.
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I mean, we have right now United States soldiers and service members, you know, we have guardsmen quartered in our capital.
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After you are quartered, I will take you on a tour of the emplacements.
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And, Tracey, all troops to remain quartered until further orders.
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His real experience begins when, at his father's instigation, he joins an English regiment, quartered peaceably in the Lowlands.
Academic text (2003) -
My group is officially assigned the task of distributing medical supplies to our troops quartered here and supervising the municipal water service that is supposed to keep our water pure in this region.
Fiction book (2000) -
The military commanders decided to quarter the incoming troops at the nearby barracks.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Idioms
- Offensive
4
9.9
To kill someone by tying limbs to four horses and pulling them apart, or to punish very harshly
- Offensive
1
9.9
To threaten or kill someone by hanging, cutting their body open and dividing it into four parts
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
20
3.2
The time when the Moon looks half lit about one week after the new moon
- Specialized
4
4.1
Half the Moon is lit when it comes after a full moon and before a new moon
4
3.7
A small, strong American horse bred for short, fast races like quarter-mile sprints
1
7.5
Fighting that happens at very short distance between people, often hand-to-hand
- Specialized
1
9.9
A vertical crack on the inside of a horse's front hoof that can make the horse limp
- Specialized
1
7.2
A small curved strip of wood or plastic used where a floor meets a wall to hide the gap
- Archaic
1
9.9
A local court in England and Wales that met four times a year to try crimes before 1972
- Archaic
A unit of length equal to 10,000 km, one fourth of the distance from the North Pole to the Equator
- Specialized
A musical interval half the size of a semitone used in some modern and non-Western music
- US
A woody vine from the southern United States with bright flowers and a cross-shaped stem when cut
- Specialized
A book with its spine and most of the sides covered in a different material like leather
Surface Forms
Etymology
Quarter comes from Old French quartier and Latin quartus 'fourth', and it came to mean 'to give a place' or room, so to quarter soldiers is to house them.