other half
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3.0
- noun
- They are dating, they're trying to find their other half, their second human to spend life with.
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Watch on YouTubeYou are like passing ships with your other half quite often.
- You are like passing ships with your other half quite often.
- When you've got a gorgeous young other half, she's going to get approached.
- And now this Leon is the other half of my soul.
- They are dating, they're trying to find their other half, their second human to spend life with.
- We have this incorrect, actually harmful belief that you will meet your other half and they'll complete you.
- And a lot of people watch movies and they go, oh, I need my other half.
- Could it be that you keep people at arm's distance and you try with your other half and whatnot, but maybe you're afraid of getting hurt?
- Yeah, I'd love to seeing James Smith, who is a fitness PT guy from the UK for those of you who don't know, and Darren Cartel, who's like his other half.
- But his friends, everyone stepped away because of his other half, because we can all see it.
Examples
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Much as I love him, my other half tends to do this as well.
Blog text (13) -
Because she is my other half, the sister of my heart.
Fiction book (1999) -
I know this because I do that look to my other half all the time!
Blog text (33) -
I also wouldn't have wanted to leave my other half alone without support.
Blog text (10) -
In finding your other half, the gifts of your life will multiply.
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Sometimes it comes down to just letting your other half into the life that you're having without him.
Blog text (28) -
She says what do you do when your other half keeps judging and challenging your daily activities regarding money and finances?
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She believes that her partner is her other half, completing her in every way.
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After many years together, they feel like they truly are each other's other half.
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Finding your other half can bring so much joy and fulfillment to your life.
Synonyms
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1.1
A husband, wife, or long-term companion in a romantic relationship
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3.3
A person you have a long romantic relationship with and often live with
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3.3
A person someone is married to or lives with, said in a friendly, joking way
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase maps 'other' + 'half' onto the metaphor of two people forming a whole, so the literal parts give a clear clue that the referent is the complementary part of oneself (a partner). However, the romantic/significant-other sense is a conventionalized metaphorical extension rather than a strictly compositional meaning, so learners need some idiomatic/cultural mapping to arrive at the exact sense.
Etymology
The phrase other half comes from the simple image of two matching parts of one whole. If one part is a half, the 'other half' is the matching piece. That's why people use other half to mean 'spouse' or 'partner', someone who completes your life.