Past tense of quarter
regular verb
The past tense of quarter is quartered. The past participle is also quartered.
Forms of quarter
| Base form (V1) | quarter /ˈk(w)ɔːtə/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | quartered |
| Past participle (V3) | quartered |
| Present participle | quartering |
| Third person singular | quarters /ˈkwɔɹtɚz/ |
Quartered in a sentence
- The samples are quartered and are further divided, e.g. into needles, leaves and leaveless twigs.2013, M. Böhmer, M. Kucera, Prospecting and Exploration of Mineral Deposits. From the entry leaveless
- Before the birds are cut and quartered by the butchers they must be totally deplumed.2012, Ócha'ni Lele, Sacrificial Ceremonies of Santería. From the entry deplume
- Ruler: Grand Duke Travis I Obv: Arms Rev: Crown and rearing horse on quartered flag background Rev.2011, George S. Cuhaj, Thomas Michael, editors, Unusual World Coins (companion volume to the Standard Catalog of World Coins), 6th…. From the entry Molossia
- Season and sauté a chicken in butter; add a little cream and three quartered finnocchio (already parboiled).1945, Iles Brody, The Colony, Greenberg, page 228. From the entry finnocchio
- Here are quartered two hundred horse and two thousand foot soldiers.1909, William Edgar Geil, The Great Wall of China, London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, W., page 286. From the entry Sining
Meaning of quarter
- noun Each of four equal parts into which something can be divided; a fourth part.
- noun A measure of capacity used chiefly for grain or coal, varying greatly in quantity by time and location.
- noun A fourth part of a pound; approximately 113 grams.
Questions about the past tense of quarter
- What is the past tense of quarter?
- The past tense of quarter is quartered.
- What is the past participle of quarter?
- The past participle of quarter is quartered.
- Is quarter a regular or irregular verb?
- Quarter is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: quarter (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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