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half-size

half-size

3 3.1
Measuring half the usual size
  • adjective
  • /hæf saɪz/
translation icon : tamaño medio
  • If she is left-handed and wears the ring on her right hand, get a half size bigger.
  • SIZES: 37-48 (half-size)
  • half-size violin
  • half-size model

So this is half size, not so sure that I'm down with like the poop colour.

Examples

  • So why is he wearing shoes a half-size too small?

    Blog text (3)

  • His grandfather would have had time to make a half-size violin if he were still alive.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • And make sure that, um, two of them are half size.

    Music of the Heart (1999)

  • The fingers on your dominant hand are generally a half size bigger.

    Blog text (27)

  • Shoes are available in full and half sizes and medium width from size 6 to 11.

    Blog text (2)

  • "You still need a half-size one," said his father.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • And make sure a couple of them are half-size.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • My parents started me on a half-size violin when I was five.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • The centerpiece of the system is the Maniken, a half-size plastic skeleton of the human body.

    Academic text (2002)

  • You should buy shoes that are a half size larger for better comfort.

Antonyms

full-size
21 2.5

As large as the original or usual model

How Big

huge
∞ 1.0
large
∞ 1.0
full-size
21 2.5
small
∞ 1.0
half-size
3 3.1
tiny
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

half-size positive

Morphology

half-size = half + size (transparent) = half + size

Meaning is a straightforward compound 'half' + 'size' denoting something measuring half the usual size.

Etymology

The word half-size is made of the two simple parts half ('one of two equal parts') and size ('how big something is'), so it literally means 'half the usual size'.