half-dozen
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- noun
- /ˈhæfˈdʌzən/
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media docena
- She bought a half-dozen fresh eggs from the farmer's market this morning.
- half-dozen or more
- about a half-dozen
- at least a half-dozen
Examples
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Write a poem that incorporates at least a half-dozen of the events, facts, or details you discover about it.
Academic text (2009) -
Frost stands there, grinning, flanked by Mercury, Quinn, Vanessa, and a half-dozen other vampire associates.
Fiction book (1998) -
"I have to work through 2009 because I have a half-dozen cases set for trial," he says.
Academic text (2009) -
There was also a group of women, a half-dozen or so, all wearing black.
Fiction book (1992) -
For example, in these two little towns, at least a half dozen businesses went bankrupt in these years.
Academic text (2001) -
The air is alive with the sound of a half-dozen languages and accents.
Academic text (2017) -
The stairs led them to an upstairs corridor with a half-dozen doors opening onto it.
Fiction book (1992) -
The street reminded him of his old neighborhood, only a half dozen blocks away in Rego Park.
Fiction book (1992) -
The buyer drilled a half dozen more wells and, of course, struck oil.
Fiction book (1998) -
At that point, the judge sent a half-dozen e-mails to headhunters and other legal contacts.
Academic text (2009)
Synonyms
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The number one more than five
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A group of six people or things
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A group of six things or people
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A set of six things treated as one group
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A group of six similar things seen as one unit
A group of six people who do something together
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word half-dozen combines half ('one of two equal parts') and dozen ('a group of twelve'), so a half-dozen is six, like when you buy a half-dozen eggs at the market.