half
Prononciation : [/hæf/]
Mot
Contexte : « quantity »
(noun) one of two equal parts of something. Like when you have a whole pizza and you divide it into two equal parts, each part is a half.
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She ate half of the cake.
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He did not finish half of his homework.
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How much of the work is already done? Is it half?
Contexte : « time »
(noun) thirty minutes; one of the two equal parts of an hour. It's like when the big hand on the clock is pointing at the 6, that's half past the hour.
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It's already half past eight, we should leave soon.
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He arrived half an hour early for the meeting.
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What time is it when the big hand is at the 6?
Contexte : « quantity »
(adjective) being equal to 50%. Like when you have a jar with marbles, and half of them are blue, the other half are red.
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Half of the students preferred chocolate ice cream.
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Less than half of the class raised their hands when asked if they had finished the assignment.
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What percentage of the group voted for option A, would you say it was half?
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