QUARTERED Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

quartered

verb

past tense of quarter

as in housed

to provide with living quarters or shelter the militia is being quartered just outside the city

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Recent Examples of quartered The biggest games, the greatest stages, have been quartered off by a velvet rope. — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 13 June 2026 This side of deeply roasted, tender sweet potatoes comes quartered and seasoned with GK’s take on togarashi. — Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Apr. 2026 Finally, he was drawn and quartered, his remains displayed in the public square. — Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026 Once they're quartered, drizzle them with cream and top them with white cake mix and butter. — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Feb. 2026 Close-quartered and stylish, the movie begins at a Gothic New England mansion where the wealthy patriarch Harlan Thrombey has been found with his throat slit. — Anna Russell, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025 In the old days beggars were drawn and quartered in that square. — George Packer, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025 Sprinkle quartered cookies over sherbet mixture, pressing gently into the mixture. — Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2025 But there was no coup insofar as the military remained quartered rather than actively joining the protests or issuing a threat to compel the prime minister to resign. — John Joseph Chin, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for quartered

Verb

This will give you an opportunity to notice what should be housed elsewhere.

— Natalia Gonzalez Blanco Serrano, The Spruce, 26 Sep. 2026
Instead, the agency housed an average of 16 detainees daily there this year, at a cost of millions of dollars, the report found.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of housed

Verb

First, the law takes its time in responding to new technologies, figuring that new tools can be accommodated within existing ideas, rules, and doctrines.

— Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
But, as seen in Piddington, that strategy can create challenges when a large asylum facility is proposed near a small community that has historically accommodated relatively few asylum seekers.

— Inaya Folarin Iman, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of accommodated

Verb

Thanks to home video and cable TV, the film, not accounted as a success in its time, has become lodged in the childhood memories of several generations.

— Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
Netflix, like Amazon Prime Video and Disney+, has lodged an appeal to France’s highest court, the Council of State (Conseil d’Etat), to protest against new sub-quota investment obligations in documentary and animation.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of lodged

Verb

Dozens of outlets, ranging from CNN and ITV News to PMC’s very own Variety and Hollywood Reporter, were camped outside the NRG train station.

— Anna Tingley, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
At one point, Rodriguez said, Venezuelans camped in tents on the sidewalk at the company's office park in suburban Sandy, waiting for work and accepting food while migrant shelters were full.

— CBS News, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026