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quarters
/ ˈɔːə /
plural noun
- housing or accommodation, esp as provided for military personnel and their families
- the stations assigned to military personnel, esp to each crew member of a warship
general quarters
- (in India) housing provided by an employer or by the government
- slang.functioning as singular military short for quartermaster
Example Sentences
But about three quarters of all human infectious diseases are zoonotic, including the majority of novel epidemics and pandemics in recent years, and there's overlap with the issue of thawing permafrost.
BBC Verify has found that three quarters of the 319 driving test centres across Great Britain have hit the maximum average waiting time - of 24 weeks - to book a practical test.
Earlier on Tuesday, banking group the Institute of International Finance said it expected "a shallow recession" in the US later this year, with negative growth in the third and fourth quarters of 2025.
Before he was discharged on 23 March, Francis waved to crowds from the hospital too, and then headed back to his quarters in the Casa Santa Marta guest house he had made his home.
Only a third of the poorest families use formal childcare, compared to almost three quarters of the highest earning households.
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