one-quarter

What does one-quarter mean?

one-quarter means "one of four equal parts".

How many syllables are in one-quarter?

one-quarter has 4 syllables and divides as o-ne-q-uar-ter under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for one-quarter?

Close synonyms include one-fourth, fourth, quarter, fourth part, twenty-five percent. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is one-quarter a common word?

one-quarter is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for one-quarter come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.