half mile
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- noun
- /hæf maɪl/
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media milla
- But suddenly, about a half mile north of the hill, Joseph stopped.
- a half mile away
- about a half mile
- one half mile
And it is just a like half mile stretch of like me by myself on a road, like no one insight.
- And it is just a like half mile stretch of like me by myself on a road, like no one insight.
Examples
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There's a train yard a half mile from here.
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We get on the crew boat at 6:45 and go the half mile to the barge.
Fiction book (1998) -
By noon he had worked on three machines within a half mile of one another.
Fiction book (1991) -
Did you know that the police station was only a half-mile away?
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His nearest neighbor lived a half mile away, and behind a hill at that.
Fiction book (1992) -
The three of us walked the half mile to the house where we'd be working.
Fiction book (1993) -
The camp was about a half-mile long and a half-mile wide.
Fiction book (1997) -
MAN: Alcatraz is a half-mile off the coast of San Francisco.
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There was a half-mile of shoals and then the big pool and tree swing.
Fiction book (2000) -
The school is located a short half mile from the park.
Synonyms
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A distance equal to half a mile
How Far
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'half mile' is directly and compositionally derived from 'half' (one of two equal parts) plus 'mile' (a unit of distance), so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to 0.5 miles. This kind of numeric–measure combination is cross-linguistically common and follows standard productive morphology, making it immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
The noun half mile comes from putting half and mile together. It literally means 'half of a mile', so it is used to talk about a short distance of about 800 metres.