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   half

   /hɑːf/

   noun

   • 1. either of two equal or corresponding parts into which something is or can be divided: "two and a half years"
   • ▪ either of two equal periods of time into which a sports game or a performance is divided.
   • ▪ half a pint of beer or a similar drink: "a half of bitter"
   • ▪ a half-price fare or ticket, especially for a child.
   • ▪ a score for an individual hole that is the same as one's opponent's: "she holed from six feet for a half at the seventeenth"
   • ▪ short for half back

   predeterminer

   • 1. an amount equal to a half: "half an hour"
   • ▪ an amount thought of as roughly a half: "half the audience were blubbing away"

   adverb

   • 1. to the extent of half: "the glass was half full"
   • ▪ to a certain extent; partly: "the chicken is half-cooked" Similar partiallypartlyincompletelyinadequatelyinsufficientlyslightlybarelyin partpartto a limited extent/degreein some measurenot totallynot whollynot entirelynot fullyto a certain extent/degreeto a limited extent/degreeto some extent/degree(up) to a pointin partpartlyin some measurealmostnearlyvery nearlyjust aboutall butinformal:ishOpposite completelyfully

   Word Origin Old Englishhalf, healf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch half and German halb (adjectives). The earliest meaning of the Germanic base was ‘side’, also a noun sense in Old English.

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   What does half mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! HALF definition: 1. either of the two equal or nearly equal parts that together make up a whole: 2. a lot: 3. Half…. Learn more.

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   What is half of an amount?

   • Half of an amount or object is one of two equal parts that together make up the whole number, amount, or object. They need an extra two and a half thousand pounds to complete the project. Cut the tomatoes in half vertically. The bridge was re-built in two halves. The tough market would lead to 400 jobs being cut in the first half of this year.

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   What does not half mean?

   • half ( def 20 ). not the half of, a significant yet relatively minor part of something that remains to be described in full: Also not half of,not half. He accused them of being responsible for the error, and that's not the half of the story. Eric Garcetti succeeded Villaraigosa and has received high marks in his first year and a half on the job.

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   What is half of 2?

   • Half of 2 is 1. Two halves make a whole, so half of 2 is 1.

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     HALF meaning: 1. either of the two equal or nearly equal...

   • Znaczenie Half, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     HALF definicja: 1. either of the two equal or nearly equal...

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     HALF translate: mitad, la mitad de, medio, media pinta de...

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     HALF translate: половина , наполовину . Learn more in the...

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     HALF translate: 반, 1/2, 큰 부분, 반쯤. Learn more in the...

   • Half: Indonesian Translation

     HALF translate: separuh, paruhan, setengah, setengah,...

   • Half Turkish Translation

     HALF translate: yarısı, kısmen yarı, yarısı, yarı yarıya,...

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   When something is divided into two equal sections, half is one of the two parts. You can split a brownie in half if you want to share it with your friend. You might live half the year in Alaska and half in Florida — in this case, you spend six months, one half of a 12-month period, in each state.

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