halfwayhalf‧way /ˌhɑːfˈweɪ◂ $ ˌhæf-/ ●●○ S3 adjective, adverb 
He chased Kevin halfway up the stairs. It was a terrible film – I left halfway through. traffic queues stretching back halfway to Londonthe halfway stage/mark/point They’ve just reached the halfway stage of the project.2be halfway there to have done something that will allow you to achieve something else: Establish the right relationships at work and you’re halfway there.3be/come/go halfway to doing something to achieve something partly but not completely: We’re still only halfway to finishing the job.4halfway decent/normal/successful etc informal reasonably good, normal, successful etc: the only halfway decent hotel here → meet somebody halfway at meet1(19)
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- I filled my glass only halfway with orange juice.
- It's halfway between Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
Longman Language Activatorto agree by accepting less than you originally wanted
to reach an agreement with someone in which both of you accept less than you really want: · The employers will have to be ready to compromise if they want to avoid a strike.· Critics accused the mayor of compromising too easily.compromise on: · Stalin refused to compromise on any of his demands.· The President might be willing to compromise on defense spending.
to do or pay part of what the other person in an agreement wants if they will do or pay part of what you want: · Democrats plan to meet the Governor halfway on welfare cuts.· They won't pay all our expenses, but they might be prepared to meet us halfway.
if someone in authority makes concessions , they let their opponents have something that they are asking for, in order to reach an agreement: · We will have to make concessions if we want the talks to continue.make concessions on: · The government has already made significant concessions on pay and conditions.make concessions to: · Our policy of not making concessions to terrorists remains intact .
in the middle · At the back there was a small garden with a fishpond in the middle.· I was never at the top of my class. I was somewhere in the middle, I suppose.in the middle of · Lizzie woke up in the middle of the night with a toothache.· At the time, the country was in the middle of an economic recession.
: the middle drawer/shelf/finger etc the one in the middle: · You'll find the scissors in the middle drawer of my desk.· Jane was wearing a gold ring on her middle finger.· There were three children in my family, and I was the middle one.
in the middle of an area, country, or town: · The houses face onto a central courtyard.· the tropical rainforest in central Africa· central London
British /center American: centre door/panel/page etc the door etc that is in the middle with others on either side: · On the center panel of the screen there is a painting of a Greek goddess.· There's usually a picture of some glamorous girl on the centre page.
British /at/in the center American exactly in the middle of something: · It was a huge room with a high ceiling and an oak table in the centre.at/in the centre of: · At the center of the atom is the nucleus.· The city of Turin stands at the centre of the Piedmontese plain.
at the middle point between two places or of a period of time or event: halfway across/between/down/up etc: · Our car broke down halfway across the bridge.· We were halfway down the mountain when it started snowing.· Joe was pretty unhappy and left the college halfway through the year.the halfway mark (=the middle point of something): · The Scots opened up a 29-17 lead, and at the halfway mark they were still in front.
in or near the middle of a period of time: · The house was built in the mid-18th century.· As the value of the US dollar fell in the mid-1980s, so did the value of UK reserves.· Let's meet again mid-week.
at the middle point of a distance, a period of time, or a set of numbers: midway between/through: · The islands lie in the Indian Ocean midway between Madagascar and Tanzania.· United took the lead midway through the first half.· At a guess, I'd say he was midway between 50 and 60.
the point that is an equal distance from either end of a process or scale: · The Redskins and the Giants were the leaders as the midpoint in the season drew near.midpoint of: · By the midpoint of the twentieth century, the economy had begun to improve.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY They’ve just reached the halfway stage of the project.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Their in-flight magazine is halfway decent (=quite good).
They’ve just reached the halfway stage of the project. Their in-flight magazine is halfway decent (=quite good).· He was in the lead at the halfway stage.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► be/come/go halfway to doing somethingPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1at a middle point in space or time between two things SYN partwayhalfway through/up/down/between etc- Construction on the civic center is halfway there.
- As I was halfway there, it opened.
- Before they were halfway there the Orcs and Goblins regrouped.
- Take your time, build up a case, establish the right relationships and you are halfway there.
- The sniper got him when he was halfway there.
- And you need to be halfway decent and honest and real.
- Discs viable, a second halfway decent act was required.
- Reading about that stuff, downing really halfway decent coffee.
- Sefelt has pulled back halfway normal, swelling up and down with big wet, rattling breaths.
- During the night we passed Kingoonya, the half way mark.
- The Cohens were situated a little below the half way mark, just below the grand boulevard that cuts through the neighbourhood.
- Democrats plan to meet the Governor halfway on welfare cuts.
- Parents will be unable to afford their children's education unless colleges are prepared to meet them halfway.
- They won't pay all our expenses, but they might be prepared to meet us halfway.
- But it was halfway through the summer, and still no date had been set for an operation.
- But Sisson, in addition to bringing his story up to date with a final chapter, interjects halfway through a lengthy segment on his war.
- I run out of courage halfway through, and leave some.
- I was halfway through the gates before the first journalist reached me.
- If she was still at Keele she would be halfway through getting the various breakfasts by now.
- Major revisions were also found to be necessary halfway through the programme.
- The San Francisco venture shut down in January, less than halfway through its inaugural tour.
- We are at least halfway through the looking glass, on our way to utter chaos.
He chased Kevin halfway up the stairs. It was a terrible film – I left halfway through. traffic queues stretching back halfway to Londonthe halfway stage/mark/point They’ve just reached the halfway stage of the project.2be halfway there to have done something that will allow you to achieve something else: Establish the right relationships at work and you’re halfway there.3be/come/go halfway to doing something to achieve something partly but not completely: We’re still only halfway to finishing the job.4halfway decent/normal/successful etc informal reasonably good, normal, successful etc: the only halfway decent hotel here → meet somebody halfway at meet1(19)