half

Meaning of half

noun
  1. either of two equal or corresponding parts into which something is or can be divided.
    two and a half years
    the northern half of the island
    divide the cake in half
    spending was reduced by half
predeterminer, pronounpronounadjective, pronoun
  1. an amount equal to a half.
    half an hour
    almost half the children turned up
    half of the lectures are delivered by him
    the last half century
adverb
  1. to the extent of half.
    the glass was half full

Old English half, healf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch half and German halb (adjectives). The earliest meaning of the Germanic base was ‘side’, also a noun sense in Old English.

Information about half

  • The plural form of half is: halfs.
  • Languages ​​in which half is used:

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Hyphenation of half

half

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • half is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

half antonyms

Meaning used to refer to the whole quantity or extent of a particular group or thing:

all

Translation of half

Words that rhyme with half

behalf, forehalf, scrumhalf, overhalf

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