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Half is an English word of 4 letters with synonyms like whole or play. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Half in a sentence

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Half meaning

  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.

Synonyms of Half

fractional period of play playing period simple fraction common fraction one-half whole uncomplete incomplete play

Half vertaling naar Nederlands

helft half

Using Half

  • The main meaning on this page is: One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided. | One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided. | One of two equal periods into which a game is divided.
  • Useful related words include: fractional, period of play, playing period, simple fraction.
  • Possible Dutch translations are: helft, half.
  • In the example corpus, half often appears in combinations such as: first half, second half, half of.

Example sentences (20)

As we approach the half-way point of the second-half, Southampton have weathered the early Leeds pressure since half-time and are now finding it easier to get into the Leeds half.

My mother is half-Jamaican and half-Indian; my dad is half-English and half-Irish.

Half-backs The half-backs consist of two positions, the scrum-half and the fly-half.

Half-life in biology and pharmacology main A biological half-life or elimination half-life is the time it takes for a substance (drug, radioactive nuclide, or other) to lose one-half of its pharmacologic, physiologic, or radiological activity.

The player would receive 7:1 minus half the total bet payout on half the total bet for craps and 15:1 minus half the total bet payout on half the total bet for 11 (yo).

All drill core was cut in half with a diamond saw, with half of the core placed in sample bags and the remaining half securely retained in core boxes at Erdene’s Bayan Khundii exploration camp.

Deals in the second half of last year were up 16% over the first half – but down 25% over the second half of 2021.

Half weave, half braids, also known as half braided hairstyles, combine elements of both braids and weaves.

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I appreciated that some of the donburi bowls — like the washugyu sukiyaki ($8 half) and washugyu beef curry ($8 half) — had half portions, so you can try a little without getting too full.

If that happens, the player is ejected and suspended for the next half (if it occurs in the first half of a game, he will only miss the second half).

Of course, from first half, we'll certainly see quarter-over-quarter in the first half of the year, the benefits that we saw in the back half of 2022.

A 36-year-old man was sentenced on Thursday, May 6 at Laganside Crown Court to two and a half years, half to be spent in custody and half on licence for committing assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

Fly-half Sam Costelow, who went off injured during the first half of Wales’ 27-26 loss to Scotland last weekend, is replaced by Ioan Lloyd, with Tomos Williams at scrum-half.

He was jailed at Basildon Crown Court for three and a half years with a requirement to serve half his sentence in custody and half on licence.

Through the first half they were shooting just a hair under 60% from 3-point land, they were getting anything they wanted and their 82 first-half points were a franchise record for points scored in a half.

Your glass can either be half empty or half full, and my glass is always half full.

By splitting salaries in half and paying each half at different times each month, employees would be forced into managing whichever half arrives first.

Details of related-party transactions in the first half of 2020 can be found in Note 12 to the condensed half-year consolidated financial statements in this Half-Year Management Report.

Minnesota outscored Nebraska 14-0 off turnovers in the second half, forcing 13 turnovers by the Big Red in the second half while the Gophers committed just five turnovers of their own in the second half.

In the second half, Worcester got a second-half goal from Ryan Cronin off an assist from Burbage, but Holly Grove also scored in the second half, sending the game into overtime.

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Common combinations with half

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "half" in a sentence?
An example: "As we approach the half-way point of the second-half, Southampton have weathered the early Leeds pressure since half-time and are now finding it easier to get into the Leeds half." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "half" from authentic English texts.
What does "half" mean?
Half means: One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided.
What are synonyms of "half"?
Common synonyms of "half" include: fractional, period of play, playing period, simple fraction, common fraction, one-half, whole, uncomplete. Plus 2 more synonyms.
What is "half" in Dutch?
"half" translates to Dutch as: helft, half.
How many example sentences with "half" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "half", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.