Foundation level · Year 4 · free
quarter
noun · Say it: KWOR-ter
What it means
Foundationone of four equal parts that something can be divided into
Mum cut the pizza so that each of us got a quarter.
Similar and opposite words
Synonyms (similar meaning)
- fourth
More examples
- We left the park at a quarter past four to get home for tea.
Where the word comes from
From Latin 'quartarius', meaning a fourth part.
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