half
Произношение: [/hæf/]
Слово
Контекст: «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.
Пример
She ate half of the cake.
Пример
He did not finish half of his homework.
Пример
How much of the work is already done? Is it half?
Контекст: «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.
Пример
It's already half past eight, we should leave soon.
Пример
He arrived half an hour early for the meeting.
Пример
What time is it when the big hand is at the 6?
Контекст: «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.
Пример
Half of the students preferred chocolate ice cream.
Пример
Less than half of the class raised their hands when asked if they had finished the assignment.
Пример
What percentage of the group voted for option A, would you say it was half?
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