half
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- noun
- /hæf/
- Half of the excerpts were played by the full ensemble and half by a single section.
- one half
- more than half
- about half
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Watch on YouTubeBut half of that half has mobile phones.
- But half of that half has mobile phones.
- I've had friends who laid off half their staff, half.
- Inclusion and exclusion are two halves of a normal process.
- They are axing a goat in half on the balcony.
- And then the entire boat bent in half because we went like this.
- I got a year, a year and a half left of school.
- You want a soft boiled egg split in half on opposite sides.
- And that's when roughly half of Kiev showed up on the streets.
Examples
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For example, only approximately half of California farmworkers received medical care in the previous year.
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So we give her half in the morning and half at dinner time.
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Yeah, you just cut the sales in half, at least right there.
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I can maybe get you half by Monday.
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Give me a number, I'd say half a million in five years.
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I had to pay my dad half my wages for rent.
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As of 2008, more than half of the world's population was living in urban areas.
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The school was in the lower half academically of all district middle schools.
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Statistics suggest that just under half of all looked-after children have a mental health disorder.
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I divided the cake into two equal pieces, giving her one half and keeping the other for myself.
Synonyms
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One of two equal parts of something
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
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To focus on the good parts of a situation instead of the bad
- Informal
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9.9
Everywhere in a hurried, messy way like people searching quickly
Two choices that are almost the same and make no real difference
Compounds
- Informal
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A person someone is married to or lives with, said in a friendly, joking way
- Formal
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A position partway down a flagpole where a flag flies to show respect after a death
- Jargon
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7.4
A wrestling hold where one arm goes under the opponent's arm and presses the back of the neck
- Archaic
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A smaller amount of money given to a worker who is not working full time but is still employed
- Specialized
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The smallest jump between two notes in Western music, one piano key apart
- Specialized
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A dive in which a diver jumps forward and does a half backward flip to enter facing the board
- Specialized
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A building with visible wooden frames and walls filled with brick or plaster
- Specialized
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A vehicle with tracks at the back and wheels at the front that moves over rough ground
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A short piece of underwear worn under a skirt to help it hang smoothly and stop it showing through
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A mask that covers the upper part of the face, leaves the mouth visible, and has holes for the eyes
- Archaic
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A part of Manhattan once known for crime and very poor housing in the 1800s and early 1900s
How Much
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383
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52
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59
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Half comes from an old German word healf meaning 'one of two'. Think of cutting a cake into two halves — each half is one equal part. So, as a noun, half is one of two equal parts.