Definition of (a) quarter to

: 15 minutes before (a stated hour) It is now (a) quarter to four.

What is a quarter to 2?

45 minutes past 1. or, Quarter to 2.

What is a quarter to 6?

At minute 45, we say it’s “quarter to” the next hour. For example, at 5:45, we say it’s “quarter to six” (or 15 minutes before 6:00). At minute 30, we say it’s “half past”.

What time is quarter to 5?

4:45 a.m. It’s a quarter to five a.m. 4:45 p.m. It’s a quarter to five p.m.

What is a quarter to 8?

When you are telling the time, you use quarter to talk about the fifteen minutes before or after an hour. For example, 8:15 is quarter after eight or quarter past eight and 8:45 is a quarter of or a quarter to nine. It was a quarter to six. 5.

What’s a quarter to 9?

As a non-native speaker, I consider a quarter past nine (9:15) and a quarter to nine (8:45) easy to understand.

What is a quarter till 7?

When we say, “A quarter past 6,” we mean one-fourth of an hour past 6 o’clock, or 15 minutes past 6. When we say, “A quarter till 6,” we mean one-fourth of an hour till 6 o’clock, or 15 minutes till 6.