Half
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Etymology
Anglo-Saxon healf, half ('half'); as a noun, 'half', 'side', 'part'; akin to Old Saxon, Old Friesian, and Dutch half, German halb, Swedish half, Danish halv, Icelandic hālfr and Gothic ð·ð°ð»ð±ð (halbs). Compare halve, behalf.
Adjective
half
- Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view
- Note: The adjective and noun are often united to form a compound.
- Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect; as, a half dream; half knowledge.
- Quotations
- Assumed from thence a half consent. âTennyson
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Translations
consisting of a half
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consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half
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Derived terms
- half ape
- half back
- half bent
- half binding
- half boarder
- half-breadth plan
- half cadence
- half cap
- half cock
- half cocked
- half hitch
- half hose
- half-life
- Half Life
- half measure
- half note
- half page
- half pay
- half price
- half round
- half shift
- half step
- half tide
- half time
- half tint
- half truth
- half year
Adverb
half
- In an equal part or degree; in some part approximating a half; partially; imperfectly; as, half-colored, half done, half-hearted, half persuaded, half conscious.
- Quotations
- Half loth and half consenting. â Dryden
- Their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod. â Nehemiah 13:24
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Noun
half (plural: halves)
- one of two equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided; â sometimes followed by of; as, a half of an apple.
- (arithmetic) (a half) The fraction obtained by dividing 1 by 2.
- Three-quarters minus a quarter is a half.
- (obsolete) part; side; behalf â Wyclif
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- The four halves of the house â Chaucer
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Translations
one of two equal parts into which anything may be divided
fraction
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part; side; behalf
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Derived terms
Verb
to half
- (transitive) (obsolete) To halve
Translations
to halve
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- Bulgarian: половина (polovÃna) f.
- Chinese: å (bà n)
- Japanese: åå (ã¯ãã¶ã, hambún)
- Marathi: ठरà¥à¤§à¤¾ (ardhaa)
German
Verb form
half
id:half it:half hu:half nl:half ru:half fi:half ta:half zh:half