halfway house
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- noun
- /ˈhæfˌweɪ haʊs/
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residencia de transición
- After completing his rehabilitation program, he moved into a halfway house to help with his transition back to independent living.
- halfway house for treatment
There are halfway houses, there are sober living houses.
- There are halfway houses, there are sober living houses.
- After being there for seven months, they moved us to a halfway house in Victoria.
- I get out and I'm in halfway house in Miami.
- I met my wife in the halfway house.
- And it becomes very quiet, very somber, because everybody in the halfway house realizes the mistake they've made.
- And the judge gives him six months in a halfway house.
- You know, in the halfway house, the Men of Valor did a toy drive for the for the guys that just came home.
- Actually, Devin was supposed to set it up with the charity that does all the federal halfway houses and go back and speak.
- I was like, yes, your honor, so the drug program gives you a year off and it gives you six months and halfway house.
- I mean, the actual Cheetah House started as a halfway house for Brown students who wanted to become monastics because of our contemplative studies program.
- I was, I was in the halfway house and Trion Culta.
- So every night he goes up to this halfway house and parks his car.
- But before I get there, I don't want to bore you guys, but I'm still in the halfway house.
Examples
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Once in the halfway house, she believes she will be able to work and "go home" on weekends.
Academic text (2000) -
For some reason, Princeton has attracted a number of halfway houses that cater to various mental disorders, and many of the residents gravitate towards Palmer Square.
Fiction book (1998) -
Then one day my husband brought me to this halfway house recommended by this doctor.
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After being there for seven months, they moved us to a halfway house in Victoria.
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One charity they supported was Back to Life, which maintained halfway houses for drug users in several major cities.
Fiction book (2002) -
Amelia came to see me at the halfway house today.
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Why don't they release him to a halfway house... ...or a center where he can get the care he needs?
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When I was a kid, 2269 Tracy Street was a halfway house for ex-cons.
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"For years, Spear had given his old cars to an ex-actor who ran a halfway house for ex-prisoners and addicts.
Fiction book (1996) -
When my Dad went out for his last stretch, I got put into foster care and I bounced around from home to home till I was 17, that's when I met Amanda in a halfway house.
Synonyms
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A place that helps people recover from addiction or illness
How Independent
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound combines 'halfway' (intermediate) and 'house' (residence), so a learner can infer it denotes a place between two stages — i.e., a temporary or transitional residence. However, the specific institutional sense (rehabilitation/after-prison support) and its social/legal connotations are cultural and not fully predictable from the parts, so prior exposure is needed for the full meaning.
Etymology
Halfway house comes from the simple picture of a halfway place and a house where someone stays 'between' two stages of life, such as prison or treatment and full life on their own. That's why the term now means a home with rules and help that supports people as they move back to living on their own.