quarter past
Fifteen minutes beyond
Quarter past indicates fifteen minutes after the hour: It's quarter past three.
The phrase treats the hour as a whole divided into four parts.
American English often includes "a" before quarter (a quarter past seven), while British English typically omits it.
The same time can be expressed as "fifteen after" or simply with numerals: 3:15.
- analog clockTimepiece with rotating hands
- fifteen minutesFourth of an hour
- digital clockTimekeeper showing numerals
- alarm clockTimed sleep-ender
- second handAlready owned before
telling time · grandfather clock · cuckoo clock · wall clock · sundial · punctuality · minute hand · appointment · noon · hour hand · schedule · tick-tock · time check · stopwatch · time flies · midnight · early bird · timer
- hoursone o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock, four o'clock, five o'clock
- Timesmorning, afternoon, evening, night, noon
- timekeepingclock, watch, watches, clocks, timer
- clock positionsone o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock, four o'clock, five o'clock
quarter pastquarter to
Time notation phrase
quarter of · half past · on the hour · o'clock · half
quarter, past, quarters, quartered, quartering, quarterly, quartile, quart, quartet