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half1/hahf/ noun (pl halves /hahvz/)either of two equal parts into which something is divisible or divided, or a part of a thing approximately equal to a half either of two equal periods of a match or performance used esp at some British public schools, reflecting the old division of the school year into two: a school term This half, all my friends had returned to Whitminster — A R Hope something of approximately half the value or quantity, e.g.: Brit, informal half a pint, esp of beer informal a child's fare on public transport a golfing score for a hole that equals one's opponent's and a half informal of remarkable quality by half by a great deal increase profits by half reduce costs by half go halves informal to pay half each in half into two equal, or nearly equal, parts not do things by halves informal to undertake activities with enthusiasm one's other half informal one's spouse or partner too clever, etc, by half informal too clever, etc for one's own good; far too clever, etc [Old English healf]
half2adjdenoting or amounting to half, or one of two equal parts, of something falling short of the full or complete thing a half smile denoting half, or one of two equal parts, of a quantity a half share half a dozen half an hour another half hour a half pint amounting to approximately half, or even a major proportion half the class half my life I was up half the night with the baby stopping, or falling short, of the full or complete thing a half-volley a half smile extending over or covering only half a half door half sleeves
half3advin an equal part or degree I'm half Scots and half English She was half crying, half laughing to the extent of a half a half-full glass when the performance was half over incompletely half cooked half-remembered stories from her childhood almost half dead I half expected her to break into Russian half a chance informal the slightest opportunity He'd appropriate the main bedroom, given half a chance half as much again one-and-a-half times as much half past two/three, etc thirty minutes past two, three, etc half two/three, etc informal half past two, three, etc not half dated, informal used as an emphatic positive, often as an interjection She wasn't half mad at us ‘Did he yell?’ ‘Not half!’ not at all not half bad The orchestra aren't half bad not nearly not half finished not know the half of it informal to be unaware of the major issue |