half

CEFRA1

/ˈhɑːf/

noun · adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    One of two equal parts of something.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Equal to one of two parts.

Examples

  • Half a million children still face malnutrition in Niger.

  • I'll see you in half an hour.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈhaːf/
  • /ˈhaf/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided.

  2. One of two equal periods into which a game is divided.

  3. One of the two opposite parts of the playing field of various sports, in which each starts the game.

More examples

In context

  • Your camera is only half the size of mine.

  • I ate the smaller half of the apple.

  • Of the passengers on the plane, half were English.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English half, halfe from Old English healf (“half”); as a noun, 'half', 'side', 'part', from Proto-West Germanic *halb, from Proto-Germanic *halbaz. Cognates Cognate with Old Saxon, Old Frisian, and Old Dutch half, West Frisian heal, Dutch half, German halb, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish halv, Icelandic hálfur and Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌱𐍃 (halbs). Compare halve, behalf.