Haley, Bill
Haley, Bill

half


Definition: Meaning of, half in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / hɑːf /

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  1. 50% exactly or about 50% (½) of an amount, time, distance, number etc
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  2. most of the largest part of something
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  3. time half (past) one/two/three etc British English thirty minutes after the hour mentioned
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  4. combination if something is half one thing and half something else, it is a combination of those two things
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  5. half a dozen six
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  6. half a dozen a small number of people or things
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  7. half a/the chance a small opportunity to do something, especially one which someone would take eagerly
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  8. half an eye/ear if you have half an eye on something, or if you are listening with half an ear, you are giving only part of your attention to it
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  9. be half the battle spoken used to say that when you have done the most difficult part of an activity, the rest is easy
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  10. half a minute/moment/second etc spoken a very short time
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  11. only half the story an explanation that is not complete, used especially to say that someone is trying to keep something secret
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  12. have half a mind to do something spoken used to say that you would like to do something but you probably will not do it
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  13. half measures actions or methods that are not strong enough, and so are not effective in dealing with a difficult problem
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Singular Plural
half halves
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  1. 50% one of two equal parts of something
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  2. sport one of the two parts into which a sports event is divided
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  3. player a player who plays in the middle part of the field in sports like football, RUGBY etc
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  4. beer British English a half of a PINT of beer
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  5. ticket British English a child's ticket, for example on a bus or train, that is cheaper than an adult's ticket
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  6. a ... and a half informal used when you think that something is very unusual or surprising, or very good
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  7. the half of it spoken used to emphasize that a situation is more difficult, complicated, or unpleasant than people realize
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  8. your better half/other half old-fashioned used humorously to mean your husband or wife
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  9. not do something by halves to do something very eagerly and using a lot of care and effort
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  10. go halves (on something) to share something, especially the cost of something, equally between two people
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  11. too clever/rich/good etc by half British English informal very clever, rich etc in an annoying way
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  12. how the other half lives how people who are much richer or much poorer than you manage their lives, work, money etc
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  1. partly, but not completely
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  2. used to emphasize something bad, to say that it is almost an extremely bad thing
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  3. half as much/big etc half the size, amount etc of something else
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  4. half as much/big etc again larger by an amount that is equal to half the original size
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  5. not half as/so good/interesting etc (as somebody/something) much less good, less interesting etc than someone or something else
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  6. not half British English spoken used when you want to emphasize an opinion or statement
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  7. not half bad spoken an expression meaning good, used especially when you are rather surprised that something is good
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  8. half and half partly one thing and partly another
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half used in phrases

  • Hell's Half Acre (noun)
    1. a district in Manhattan formerly noted for its slums and vice
  • better half (noun)
    1. a person's partner in marriage
  • chance-half correlation (noun)
    1. statistics a correlation coefficient calculated between scores on two halves of a test; taken as an indication of the reliability of the test
  • first half (noun)
    1. the first of two equal periods of time that a sports match is divided into
  • fly half (noun)
    1. a player in a game of RUGBY . A fly half has to be able to run quickly.
  • fly-half (noun)
    1. rugby rugby player who is normally the first player to receive the ball from the scrum half after a scrum
  • go off at half-cock (verb)
    1. act prematurely or without reflection or too soon
  • go off half-cocked (verb)
    1. act prematurely or without reflection or too soon
  • half a dozen (noun)
    1. the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
  • half binding (noun)
    1. book binding in which the spine and part of the sides are bound in one material and the rest in another
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