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Definition of half:
- Consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view.
- Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect; as, a half dream; half knowledge.
- In an equal part or degree; in some pa appromating a half; partially; imperfectly; as, half- colored, half done, half- hearted, half persuaded, half conscious.
- One of two equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided; - sometimes followed by of; as, a half of an apple.
- Part; side; behalf.
- To halve. [ Obs.] See Halve.
Synonyms:
equally distributed in halves, one-half, mixed, fifty-fifty, halved, partial, divided by two, divided in two, two.
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middle (part of speech: noun)
- medium,
- mezzo,
- core,
- halfway point,
- center,
- core,
- nuclear,
- equidistant,
- halfway,
- midpoint,
- average,
- mean,
- mid,
- geocentric,
- median,
- nucleus,
- half-and-half,
- midst,
- pivot,
- hub,
- middle,
- heart,
- centralized,
- middle,
- mean,
- intermediate,
- mediocre,
- mediocrity,
- pivotal,
- central,
- axis,
- kernel,
- marrow,
- half-and-half,
- epicenter,
- middle-of-the-road,
- midmost,
- middling,
- average,
- medium,
- axial,
- medial,
- bisection,
- nub,
- bisecting,
- median
- fractional (part of speech: adjective)
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portion (part of speech: noun)
- interest,
- partition,
- parcel,
- proportion,
- fraction,
- commission,
- piece,
- cut,
- compartment,
- slice,
- lot,
- helping,
- budget,
- quantum,
- split,
- stake,
- measure,
- portion,
- allotment,
- member,
- allowance,
- ration,
- quota,
- sector,
- segment,
- part,
- share,
- dividend,
- subdivision,
- stock,
- chunk,
- division,
- percentage,
- zone,
- bit
- portioned (part of speech: adjective)
- fraction (part of speech: noun)
- halved (part of speech: adjective)
- bisection (part of speech: noun)
Usage examples:
-
Come back in half an hour's time."
- "The Golden Scarecrow", Hugh Walpole. -
I have seen many a face that was more good- looking- never one that looked half so good."
- "John Halifax, Gentleman", Dinah Maria Mulock Craik. -
I never saw her before; never saw her again; didn't have half as much to do with her as you did yourself.
- "The Flirt", Booth Tarkington.