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In some senses, quad is marked as obsolete, slang, informal, dated, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.
quad
/kwɑd/
noun 5verb 4name 3adj 2
Collocations
3VERB + QUAD
chairs, saying, waits
She chairs the quad committee that oversees all student activities on campus.
QUAD + NOUN
cable, rune, u
I need to choose one of the collocates (cable, rune, u) and create a natural sentence with "quad + noun." The most natural option would be "quad cable" - this is a real term in audio/video production referring to a four-conductor cable.
PREP.
on
The students sat on quad discussing their assignments between classes.
Definitions
noun
1
Clipping of quadrat.
“Quadrats, sir. We call 'em quads.” […] Quads are the spaces left between the paragraphs that come white on the paper. If you look here, at this page that is set-up, you will see that they are deeper than the spaces left between the words and letters—regular little trenches.
Horizontal spacing is further divided into multiples and fractions of the em. The multiples are called quads. The fractions are called spaces.
2
Clipping of quadrat.
3
Clipping of quadrat.
4
A quadrangle (quadrangular courtyard).
Gilt-backed books on gilded shelf or table caught the eye, and as you turned your glance from the luxurious interiors to the well-shorn lawn in the Quad with its classic fountain also gilded by sunbeams, the mental vision saw plainly written over the whole "The Union of Luxury and Learning."
Every spring, the quad on the University of Washington (UW) campus transforms from a peaceful green space to a bustling habitat for hundreds of shuttering cameras, families, and onlookers.
5
A horse, from colloquial or humorous quadruped specifically for horse.
The quads is all right, barrin’ that the bay is blind o’ the left eye, and the chestnut a bit weak in the off fore.
adj
1
Quadruple, four times the usual size or quantity.
Printing Plant Machinery, Type, Material, Fittings, Stock-in-Trade, Paper, &c., including QUAD-CROWN CYLINDER MACHINE, With Flyers, Riders, &c., by Miller & Richard.
Around the corner waits a Quad Damage rune, which you can activate before returning to the Teleporter and heading for the Gold Key.
2
Quadrille, marked with squares.
verb
1
To fill spaces in a line of type with quads. Also quad out.
2
To align text with the left or right margin, or centre it.
3
To twist four individually insulated conductors together as two pairs of twisted wires that are then twisted together.
Can you "quad" the cable?
The star quadding of the wires ensures a reduction in the diameters of cables and their weight […]
4
To ride a quad bike.
visibility was perfect and mud was plentiful for our quadding adventure.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a rectangular area surrounded on all sides by buildings
noun — (printing) a block of type without a raised letter
noun — a muscle of the thigh that extends the leg
- quadriceps
noun — one of four children born at the same time from the same pre
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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“Quadrats, sir. We call 'em quads.” […] Quads are the spaces left between the paragraphs that come white on the paper. If you look here, at this page that is set-up, you will see that they are deeper
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Horizontal spacing is further divided into multiples and fractions of the em. The multiples are called quads. The fractions are called spaces.
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Other larger spaces – known as quads – were used to space out lines.
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Printing Plant Machinery, Type, Material, Fittings, Stock-in-Trade, Paper, &c., including QUAD-CROWN CYLINDER MACHINE, With Flyers, Riders, &c., by Miller & Richard.
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Around the corner waits a Quad Damage rune, which you can activate before returning to the Teleporter and heading for the Gold Key.
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With Mali-400 MP4 GPU, 2GB of RAM and a quad-core Cortex-A9 processor, this tablet is more than capable to handle even the latest graphics intense games
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